U S And World Food Situation

Author : Jennifer Clapp,Marc J. Cohen
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,7 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 : Kenneth R. Farrell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UIUC:30112019015707

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World Food Situation and Prospects by Kenneth R. Farrell Pdf

This report is a condensation of remarks by Kenneth R. Farrell, administrator, Economics, Statistics and Cooperation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, at the Festival on Religion and Rural life held in Indianapolis, Indiana, July 31 - August 3, 1978.

Author : Joachim von Braun
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896295308

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The World Food Situtation by Joachim von Braun Pdf

The world food situation is currently being rapidly redefined by new driving forces. Income growth, climate change, high energy prices, globalization, and urbanization are transforming food consumption, production, and markets. The influence of the private sector in the world food system, especially the leverage of food retailers, is also rapidly increasing. Changes in food availability, rising commodity prices, and new producer-consumer linkages have crucial implications for the livelihoods of poor and food-insecure people. Analyzing and interpreting recent trends and emerging challenges in the world food situation is essential in order to provide policymakers with the necessary information to mobilize adequate responses at the local, national, regional, and international levels. It is also critical for helping to appropriately adjust research agendas in agriculture, nutrition, and health. Not surprisingly, renewed global attention is being given to the role of agriculture and food in development policy, as can be seen from the World Bank's World Development Report, accelerated public action in African agriculture under the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), and the Asian Development Bank's recent initiatives for more investment in agriculture, to name just a few examples.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 51,9 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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Food supply
ISBN : UOM:39015054074383

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The World Food Situation: A hungry world. Johnson, D.G. World food problems and prospects. Research to meet U.S. and world food needs I-II. Report of the Working Conference on Research to Meet U.S. and World Food Needs. Report to the Senate Subcommittee on Foreign Agricultural Policy by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Subcommittee on Agricultural Production, Marketing, and Stabilization of Prices
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Food relief, American
ISBN : UIUC:30112019044384

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U.S. and World Food Situation by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Subcommittee on Agricultural Production, Marketing, and Stabilization of Prices Pdf

Author : Pierre R. Crosson,Kenneth D Frederick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317371137

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The World Food Situation by Pierre R. Crosson,Kenneth D Frederick Pdf

At the beginning of the 1970’s, global grain reserves were level and food prices were low however as the decade progressed crop production plummeted leading to a food crisis. Originally published in the aftermath in 1977, Crosson and Frederick set out to explore the ability of agricultural output to meet the global food demands of future generations. This study analyses how resources and environmental factors would affect food production in developing countries and the United States until the end of the 21st Century. The environmental impacts of land levels, fertiliser and pesticide use are explored in relation to the challenges of meeting food demands. This title will be of interest to students of environmental studies.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Subcommittee on Agricultural Production, Marketing, and Stabilization of Prices
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Food relief, American
ISBN : UOM:39015076078347

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U.S. and World Food Situation by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Subcommittee on Agricultural Production, Marketing, and Stabilization of Prices Pdf

Author : Arthur Percy Chew
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN : MINN:31951D03671642A

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U.S. Agriculture in the World Food Situation by Arthur Percy Chew Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : UCR:31210024922963

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The World Food Situation by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs Pdf

Author : United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Food relief
ISBN : UIUC:30112018981024

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The World Food Situation and Prospects to 1985 by United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service Pdf

Author : Joseph W. Willett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN : UIUC:30112018978905

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U.S. Agricultural Research Policy and the World Food Situation by Joseph W. Willett Pdf

Author : Kenneth R. Farrell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Food conservation
ISBN : IND:30000090117122

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World Food Situation and Prospects by Kenneth R. Farrell Pdf

This report is a condensation of remarks by Kenneth R. Farrell, administrator, Economics, Statistics and Cooperation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, at the Festival on Religion and Rural life held in Indianapolis, Indiana, July 31 - August 3, 1978.

Author : Ying Chen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317008521

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Trade, Food Security, and Human Rights by Ying Chen Pdf

Most scholars attribute systemic causes of food insecurity to poverty, human overpopulation, lack of farmland, and expansion of biofuel programs. However, as Chen argues here, another significant factor has been overlooked. The current food insecurity is not absolute food shortage, since global food production still exceeds the need of the entire world population, but a problem of how to secure access to resources. Distorted agricultural trade undermines world food distribution, and uneven distribution impedes people’s access to food, particularly in poor developing countries. Examining EU and US agricultural policies and World Trade Organization negotiations in agriculture, the author argues how they affect the international agricultural trade, claiming that current food insecurity is the result of inequitable food distribution and trade practices. The international trade regime is advised to reconcile trade rules with the consideration of food security issues. Several other enforceable solutions to reduce world hunger and malnutrition are also advanced, including national capacity building, the improvement of governance, and strategic development of biofuel programs. This book will be of great interest to agricultural trade professionals and consultant policy makers in the EU, US and developing countries. Students and researchers with a concentration on international trade, agriculture economics, global governance and international law will benefit greatly from this study.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : World Food Conference
ISBN : UOM:39015078168823

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Hunger and Diplomacy by Anonim Pdf