 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
WORLD AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES AND FOOD SECURITY
INTERNATIONAL FOOD SECURITY |
| By: |
Andrew Schmitz (Editor), P. Lynn Kennedy (Editor), Troy G. Schmitz (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
|
£108.99 |
| Our price: |
£98.09 |
| Discount: |
|
| You save:
|
£10.90 |
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
1787145166 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781787145160 |
| Availability: |
This item will be printed on demand and will usually be dispatched within 10 days.
 Delivery
rates
|
| Stock: |
Currently 0 available |
| Publisher: |
EMERALD PUBLISHING LIMITED |
| Pub. date: |
26 July, 2017 |
| Series: |
Frontiers of Economics and Globalization 17 |
| Pages: |
328 |
| Description: |
This volume analyzes food security issues such as agricultural policy, global agricultural trade, international agricultural research and development, biotechnology, climate change, food waste, and nutrition guidelines. |
| Synopsis: |
World agricultural resources will be altered by climate change which will require both public and private actions. Global agriculture is affected by invasive alien pest and disease species and by severe weather such as sea-level rise flooding and drought. Rising sea levels will increase salinity in coastal groundwater and the loss of coastal wetlands. Drought will increase the vulnerability of forest ecosystems due to decreased soil moisture and increased evapotranspiration. Many changes will be needed to maintain global food security. Climate change will affect food supply and demand, as well as prices. Research and development have the potential to impact both supply and demand, especially through the adoption of biotechnology. Researching plant and animal breeding for multiple disease resistance against pathogens of global relevance has great evolutionary potential. One such program is aquaculture. Another problem is land constraints as rural and urban areas compete for land. For rural food-insecure households, land competition means necessary changes in production practices. Research and development investments could substantially decelerate food prices to prevent hunger and deteriorating living standards in rural households worldwide. Increasing food security will mean establishing dietary guidelines that alleviate the negative health and economic outcomes associated with malnutrition. It is highly questionable to aggregate all food items based solely on calories per kilogram content when not all calories are equal in their effect on health. Food security also includes increasing diet diversity while decreasing food waste and loss. It is imperative that actions be taken for a food-secure future. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Emerald Publishing Limited |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB)
Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
|
|
All the Things We Carry PB
What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
|
|
|
|