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2,456 playsPrice fluctuations happen as a result of the storage process from seasonal harvests and the working of the markets and the supply chain, as these harvests need to be… -
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2,512 playsThis chapter discusses the current state of our diets and the dietary trends around the world. There are four things that are happening globally: people are consuming… -
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238 playsThis chapter talks about rice, the diversity of rice production systems, and challenges that the global rice sector faces. Rice is the oldest domesticated food crop and… -
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557 playsThe Amazon has seen a fair amount of environmental degradation and humans have been degrading the environment since the use of fire. Thomas Lovejoy argues that we need… -
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296 playsSustainable Development means precisely the interconnection of economic, social, and environmental objectives. Therefore, it is important to try to achieve all of the… -
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63 playsTerrestrial ecosystems are important for social and economic reasons through both their products – such as timber, fruits, etc. – and their services –… -
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864 playsThis chapter serves as a conclusion to the course Feeding a Hungry Planet: Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainability. It takes people to make a change. Be an informed… -
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356 playsThis chapter discusses the drivers that impact food systems and health and nutrition outcomes, first focusing on natural resource capital, and then climate change,… -
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239 playsThis chapter discusses food security and how food security is measured, who is food insecure and where they are located, as well as progress to date on addressing the… -
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90 playsThis chapter looks at how modern agriculture has emerged. Agriculture refers broadly to the cultivation of animals, plants and other life forms for the production of… -
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308 playsIn the first video of his series Freedom Now: The Economic and Political Alternative, philosopher Roberto Mangabeira Unger argues that traditional progressive politics… -
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250 playsIn the ninth video of Roberto Mangabeira Unger's Freedom Now series, Professor Unger lays out his four-part vision of a truly progressive approach to education. … -
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129 playsThe post-2015 agenda for sustainable development for the first time has agriculture play a significant role. Sustainable development can be traced to sustainable forest… -
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176 playsThe first big challenge that the world suffers from is malnutrition, which means that people eat a diet that contains too few or too many nutrients: at this point, 800… -
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120 playsThis chapter provides an overview of the nine targets associated with SDG 15, which relates to terrestrial ecosystems or Life on Land. The targets focus on: preserving… -
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231 playsIn this chapter, Virgilio Viana discusses holistic approaches to the design of public policies policies for sustainable development using his experience as state…