Contributions of Dr. George Washington Carver to global food security: Historical reflections of Dr. Carver's Fungal Plant Disease Survey in the southeastern United States

2014 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Plant Disease ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
George Washington ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Disease Survey ◽  
Fungal Plant Disease ◽  
Global Food

Creating and Disrupting Othering During Policymaking in a Polarized Context

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan K Schraedley ◽  
Debbie S Dougherty
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Food Security ◽  
National Security ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Polarization ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Opposing Party ◽  
Policy Proposals ◽  
Global Food

Abstract As the United States has become increasingly polarized, policymakers have had difficulty gaining bipartisan support for policy proposals. Political polarization can lead to the othering of individuals, a process characterized by the tendency to construct members of an opposing party in negative ways. In this article, we examine the creation and disruption of othering through the lens of language convergence/meaning divergence (LC/MD) and pragmatic ambiguity. LC/MD and pragmatic ambiguity framed our case study of the successful bipartisan passage of the Global Food Security Act (GFSA) in 2016. We found that othering was produced through a maestro Discourse of Polarization that structured interactions between other Discourses, including the Discourse of National Security and the Global Good Discourse. Discordant framings of the three Discourses created the ambiguity necessary to disrupt othering and achieve collective action. The findings provide new theoretical insights into othering processes while pragmatic ambiguity broadens LC/MD in important ways.

scholarly journals The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (23) ◽  
pp. e2022239118
Author(s):  
Jean B. Ristaino ◽  
Pamela K. Anderson ◽  
Daniel P. Bebber ◽  
Kate A. Brauman ◽  
Nik J. Cunniffe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Plant Disease ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Plant Diseases ◽  
Trade Networks ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Integrated Research ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Detection Technologies

Plant disease outbreaks are increasing and threaten food security for the vulnerable in many areas of the world. Now a global human pandemic is threatening the health of millions on our planet. A stable, nutritious food supply will be needed to lift people out of poverty and improve health outcomes. Plant diseases, both endemic and recently emerging, are spreading and exacerbated by climate change, transmission with global food trade networks, pathogen spillover, and evolution of new pathogen lineages. In order to tackle these grand challenges, a new set of tools that include disease surveillance and improved detection technologies including pathogen sensors and predictive modeling and data analytics are needed to prevent future outbreaks. Herein, we describe an integrated research agenda that could help mitigate future plant disease pandemics.

Plant Disease: A Threat to Global Food Security

2005 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard N. Strange ◽  
Peter R. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Plant Disease ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Global Food

GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY AMID THE GLOBAL CRISIS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. 134-141
Author(s):  
P. M. TARANOV ◽  
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A. S. PANASYUK ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Food Problem ◽  
Supply Problem ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Food Security Indicators ◽  
Security Indicators ◽  
Global Food

The authors assess the prospects for solving the global food problem based on an analysis of the dynamics of food security indicators at the global and regional levels. The global food problem at work refers to the growing population of a planet affected by hunger and other forms of malnutrition. The food security situation has worsened for five years - in 2015–2019, and the COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the food supply problem. The prevalence of moderate to severe food insecurity has affected more than 25% of the world's population. In lowincome countries, malnutrition affects more than 58% of the population. Food security is threatened by the consequences of the spread of coronavirus infection in the short term. In the medium and long term, climate change and the crisis in the governance of the world economy are the greatest threats. Modern international economic institutions are unable to withstand the prospect of declining global food security.

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