Overview Of The Global Food And Population Situation

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021028522

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Overview of the Global Food and Population Situation by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment Pdf

Abstract: These hearings discuss the problem of finding an equilbrium between food and people--achieving a balance between growth in food production and growth in population. At the present time it is estimated that 15 million people a year die of starvati on. In order to stem this tragic circumstance, an equilibruim between food production and population needs to be achieved. Testimony was received from neumerous private organizations with an interest in food production and population control.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Food relief, American
ISBN : PSU:000014972201

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Overview of the Global Food and Population Situation by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment Pdf

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309259361

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Improving Food Safety Through a One Health Approach by Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats Pdf

Globalization of the food supply has created conditions favorable for the emergence, reemergence, and spread of food-borne pathogens-compounding the challenge of anticipating, detecting, and effectively responding to food-borne threats to health. In the United States, food-borne agents affect 1 out of 6 individuals and cause approximately 48 million illnesses, 128,000 hospitalizations, and 3,000 deaths each year. This figure likely represents just the tip of the iceberg, because it fails to account for the broad array of food-borne illnesses or for their wide-ranging repercussions for consumers, government, and the food industry-both domestically and internationally. A One Health approach to food safety may hold the promise of harnessing and integrating the expertise and resources from across the spectrum of multiple health domains including the human and veterinary medical and plant pathology communities with those of the wildlife and aquatic health and ecology communities. The IOM's Forum on Microbial Threats hosted a public workshop on December 13 and 14, 2011 that examined issues critical to the protection of the nation's food supply. The workshop explored existing knowledge and unanswered questions on the nature and extent of food-borne threats to health. Participants discussed the globalization of the U.S. food supply and the burden of illness associated with foodborne threats to health; considered the spectrum of food-borne threats as well as illustrative case studies; reviewed existing research, policies, and practices to prevent and mitigate foodborne threats; and, identified opportunities to reduce future threats to the nation's food supply through the use of a "One Health" approach to food safety. Improving Food Safety Through a One Health Approach: Workshop Summary covers the events of the workshop and explains the recommendations for future related workshops.

Author : Brian Gardner
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857851574

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Global Food Futures by Brian Gardner Pdf

By 2050 the world will be faced with the enormous challenge of feeding 9 billion people despite being affected by climate change, rising energy costs and pressure on food growing land and other major resources. How will the world produce 70% more food by 2050 to feed a projected extra 2.3 billion people? What will be the impact of food shortages and high prices on areas in crisis such as sub-Sahara Africa? Where will future production growth come from? And how do we balance the need for environmental protection with sustainable agricultural production methods? This is the first text to present a scholarly, balanced approach to the contentious area of food production and supply up to 2050 - offering a readable and well-informed account which tackles the global food situation in all its totality, from agricultural production, technological advance, dietary concerns, population changes, income trends, environmental issues, government food and agriculture policy, trade, financial markets, macroeconomics and food security. Highly accessible and written by a specialist author with experience as an agricultural analyst, policy advisor and researcher, Global Food Futures synthesises the key issues in one volume.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Agricultural productivity
ISBN : UCR:31210015380809

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The Global Food and Population Equation by Anonim Pdf

Abstract: This report prepared by the House Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agricultural Research and Environment discusses the prospects for future food production to meet the food needs of a growing worldwide population. Some topics included are population growth, environmental constraints and recommendations to alleviate the problems.

Author : Munir A. Hanjra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Food security
ISBN : 1626181926

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Global Food Security by Munir A. Hanjra Pdf

Global food security remains at ever greater risk. This is true despite greater concerns and robust actions by world political leaders such as the G8 Summit and other stakeholders world-wide. Pro-active public policies and programs are needed for enhancing food security and ending world hunger and poverty. This book spans the globe presenting leading research in food security and economic implications. Topics discussed include: a systemic approach to food security in agrarian societies; impacts of climate change on agriculture and its implications for food security; impacts of climate change on artisanal fisheries; crop holidays -- emerging issues of food security in India; the impacts of HIV/AIDS and household food security; affordable micro irrigation-based vegetable farming for income, employment and food security; informal sector employment and food security; adoption of wheat production technologies; and gender mainstreaming in food security and pro-poor programs. It offers synthesis, lessons, and policy implications for Africa and Asia. This book also provides an exciting agenda for future research and collaboration on the important issue of global food security over the coming years.

Author : Jennifer Clapp,Marc J. Cohen
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1554581982

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The Global Food Crisis by Jennifer Clapp,Marc J. Cohen Pdf

The global food crisis is a stark reminder of the fragility of the global food system. The Global Food Crisis: Governance Challenges and Opportunities captures the debate about how to go forward and examines the implications of the crisis for food security in the world’s poorest countries, both for the global environment and for the global rules and institutions that govern food and agriculture. In this volume, policy-makers and scholars assess the causes and consequences of the most recent food price volatility and examine the associated governance challenges and opportunities, including short-term emergency responses, the ecological dimensions of the crisis, and the longer-term goal of building sustainable global food systems. The recommendations include vastly increasing public investment in small-farm agriculture; reforming global food aid and food research institutions; establishing fairer international agricultural trade rules; promoting sustainable agricultural methods; placing agriculture higher on the post-Kyoto climate change agenda; revamping biofuel policies; and enhancing international agricultural policy-making. Co-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation

Author : Tim Dyson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1996-04-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134811687

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Population and Food by Tim Dyson Pdf

Population and Food examines recent trends in food production and assesses the prospects for feeding humanity in the twenty-first century. With case studies from throughout the developed and developing world, the book suggests that food production in most world regions has kept ahead of population growth, that future food production prospects are encouraging, and that in all probability the people of the world will be better fed in the twenty-first than in the twentieth century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Agricultural productivity
ISBN : UOM:39015019211716

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The Global Food and Population Equation by Anonim Pdf

Abstract: This report prepared by the House Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agricultural Research and Environment discusses the prospects for future food production to meet the food needs of a growing worldwide population. Some topics included are population growth, environmental constraints and recommendations to alleviate the problems.

Author : Dennis T. Avery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008583705

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Global Food Progress 1991 by Dennis T. Avery Pdf

Author : Julian Cribb
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520271234

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The Coming Famine by Julian Cribb Pdf

Lays out a picture of impending planetary crisis - a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century - that would dwarf any in our previous experience. This book describes a dangerous confluence of shortages - of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge - combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789251305720

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The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018 by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

New evidence this year corroborates the rise in world hunger observed in this report last year, sending a warning that more action is needed if we aspire to end world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. Updated estimates show the number of people who suffer from hunger has been growing over the past three years, returning to prevailing levels from almost a decade ago. Although progress continues to be made in reducing child stunting, over 22 percent of children under five years of age are still affected. Other forms of malnutrition are also growing: adult obesity continues to increase in countries irrespective of their income levels, and many countries are coping with multiple forms of malnutrition at the same time – overweight and obesity, as well as anaemia in women, and child stunting and wasting.

Author : Hiroshi Ehara,Yukio Toyoda,Dennis V. Johnson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811052699

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Sago Palm by Hiroshi Ehara,Yukio Toyoda,Dennis V. Johnson Pdf

This open access book addresses a wide variety of events and technologies concerning the sago palm, ranging from its botanical characteristics, culture and use to social conditions in the places where it is grown, in order to provide a record of research findings and to benefit society. It discusses various subjects, including the sago palm and related species; differentiation of species of starch-producing palm; habitat, morphological, physiological and growth characteristics; culture and management; productivity of carbon dioxide; starch extraction and manufacture; characteristics and utilization of starch; and cultural anthropological and folkloristic aspects. Problems such as food shortages due to increasing populations, global warming and climate change, and decreasing reserves of oil and other underground resources, have become more pressing in recent years. In the context of these problems, the book examines the role of the sago palm in sustainable food production, in the manufacture of other foodstuffs, as a raw material for ethanol and in the manufacture of biodegradable plastics. In addition to academics, this book will be useful to researchers and government officials working for international agencies, national governments, municipalities, and other research organizations; technicians, researchers, managers, entrepreneurs, and others working in industries such as agriculture, plant production, food production, manufacturing, chemical engineering, energy production, and distribution.

Author : J. Perry Gustafson,Peter H. Raven,Paul R. Ehrlich
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780826274403

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Population, Agriculture, and Biodiversity by J. Perry Gustafson,Peter H. Raven,Paul R. Ehrlich Pdf

This timely collection of 15 original essays written by expert scientists the world over addresses the relationships between human population growth, the need to increase food supplies to feed the world population, and the chances for avoiding the extinction of a major proportion of the world's plant and animal species that collectively makes our survival on Earth possible. These relationships are highly intertwined, and changes in each of them steadily decrease humankind’s chances to achieve environmental stability on our fragile planet. The world population is projected to be nine to ten billion by 2050, signaling the need to increase world food production by more than 70 percent on the same amount of land currently under production—and this without further damaging our fragile environment. The essays in this collection, written by experts for laypersons, present the problems we face with clarity and assess our prospects for solving them, calling for action but holding out viable solutions.

Author : Jessica Eise,Kenneth A. Foster
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781610918848

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How to Feed the World by Jessica Eise,Kenneth A. Foster Pdf

By 2050, we will have ten billion mouths to feed in a world profoundly altered by environmental change. How will we meet this challenge? In How to Feed the World, a diverse group of experts from Purdue University break down this crucial question by tackling big issues one-by-one. Covering population, water, land, climate change, technology, food systems, trade, food waste and loss, health, social buy-in, communication, and equal access to food, the book reveals a complex web of challenges. Contributors unite from different perspectives and disciplines, ranging from agronomy and hydrology to economics. The resulting collection is an accessible but wide-ranging look at the modern food system.