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Markets and Supply Chains

Markets and Supply Chains

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Price 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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Consumption and Diets

Consumption and Diets

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This 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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Sustainable Food: What Can I Do?

Sustainable Food: What Can I Do?

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This 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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Social and Economic Importance of Terrestrial…

Social and Economic Importance of Terrestrial Ecosystems

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Terrestrial ecosystems are important for social and economic reasons through both their products – such as timber, fruits, etc. – and their services –…
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How SDG 15 Links With Other SDGs

How SDG 15 Links With Other SDGs

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Sustainable 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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Case Study: Rice

Case Study: Rice

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This 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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What is Food Security?

What is Food Security?

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This 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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Ecosystem Degradation

Ecosystem Degradation

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The 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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Thinking about Alternatives

Thinking about Alternatives

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In 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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Socio-economic Dynamics of Food Systems

Socio-economic Dynamics of Food Systems

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This 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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The Capable Agent: Education

The Capable Agent: Education

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In 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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Emergence of Modern Agriculture

Emergence of Modern Agriculture

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This 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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Valuing Ecosystem Services

Valuing Ecosystem Services

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Ecosystem services can be divided among those that are provisioning; those that produce market goods that are consumed by human beings; those that regulate the provision…
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Global Challenges Around Food

Global Challenges Around Food

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The 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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Introduction to SDG 15

Introduction to SDG 15

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This 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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The New Dilemma of Development

The New Dilemma of Development

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In the third video of Roberto Mangabeira Unger's Freedom Now series, Professor Unger explains that traditional means of promoting economic…

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