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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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In this conversation, Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Dr. Robert Lustig discuss the relationship between nutrition and non-communicable disease, the dangers of processed… -
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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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Every night, 795 million people go to bed hungry although we produce sufficient food to provide an average 2700 kilocalories every day per person. Four billion metric… -
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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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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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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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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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In this chapter, Sonia Massari discusses why sustainability issues require new skills and professional profiles. She proposes the idea of sustainability natives, similar… -
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Most of marine aquaculture is not sustainable and is actually taking away protein from the human population. Around 1990, the wild capture fisheries leveled off at 95… -
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Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is a thermal process that converts waste biomass into energy and materials. It is termed a carbon negative process because it is green… -
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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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The 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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Birds contribute to pest predation and control, among many ecosystem services at agricultural landscapes. Trees can contribute to ecosystem regulation, shelter and… -
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Recently, a high level panel of experts on food security and nutrition has been created to advise the committee on world food security about how to promote more… -
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Three mechanisms that are important for terminating transformative changes are the need for more coordinated action, the need for good policies that enable change, and…