World agricultural resources and food security : international food security
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World agricultural resources and food security : international food security
（Frontiers of economics and globalization / series editors: Hamid Beladi, E. Kwan Choi, v. 17）
Emerald, 2017
1st ed
Available at 2 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 1. Assessing the Impact of Agricultural R&D Investments on Long-Term Projections of Food Security
- Zuzana Smeets Kristkova, Michiel van Dijk and Hans van Meijl 2. The Nexus of Dietary Guidelines and Food Security
- Brandon McFadden and Troy Schmitz 3. Food Security through Biotechnology: The Case of Genetically Modified Sugar Beets in the United States
- Lynn Kennedy, Karen Lewis and Andrew Schmitz 4. What Would Happen if We Don't Have GMO Traits?
- Farzad Taheripour and Wallace Tyner 5. Climate Change and Food Security: Threats and Adaptation
- Junyi Chen, Bruce McCarl and Anastasia Thayer 6. Climate Change and Food Security: Florida's Agriculture in the Coming Decades
- David Letson 7. Vegetable Production, Diseases, and Climate Change
- Andreas Ebert 8. U.S. Agricultural Policy: Impacts on Domestic and International Food Security
- Vince Smith and Joseph Glauber 9. Sugarcane Yields and Production: Florida and Louisiana
- Andrew Schmitz, Lynn Kennedy and Michael Salassi 10. Aquaculture: Its Role in the Future of Food
- James Anderson, Frank Asche, Taryn Garlock and Jingjie Chu 11. Food Security and the Food Safety Modernization Act
- Lisha Zhang and James Seale 12. Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Security: Can CETA, TPP, and TTIP Become Venues to Facilitate Trade in GM Products?
- Crina Viju, Stuart Smyth and William Kerr 13. Assessing Food Security in Ethiopia
- Karen Thome, Birgit Meade, Stacey Rosen and John Beghin 14. The Coffee-Food Security Interface for Subsistence Households in Jimma Zone Ethiopia
- John Beghin and Yalem Teshome 15. Assessing Food Security in Rural Bangladesh: The Role of a Nonfarm Economy
- Ashok Mishra and Aditya Khanal 16. Food Costs during the Food Crisis: The Case of Tanzania
- Donald Mitchell, Aneth Kayombo and Nancy Cochrane 17. Food Loss and Waste as an Economic and Policy Problem
- Ulrich Koester
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