A RESEARCH BASIS FOR OPTIMIZING WORLD FOOD PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IN RELATION TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

In spite of the fact that food production in developing countries doubled over the last 25 years undernutrition is still widely spread. At the beginning of the eighties, according to FAO, 335 to 494 million people in developing countries suffered from serious undernutrition the difference being due to different concepts to determine undernutrition on which scientist were unable to find a consensus.) Unfortunately there is no recent comprehensive analysis of the food situation comparable to those of previous World Food Surveys but it can be taken for sure that the absolute number of undernourished has increased. According to unofficial FAO sources a figure of 870 million was estimated for 1990 (22 percent of the total population in developing countries) using the same concept that led to the figure of 494 million in 1979-81 (23 percent of the total population in developing countries) which means that most probably the number of undernourished increased at a rate slightly less than population growth.

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Waterlogging and Salinity in the Indus Plain : Some Basic Consideration

The Pakistan Development Review ◽

10.30541/v5i3pp.331-370 ◽

1965 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 331-370 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Robert Dorfam

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Social Structure ◽

Food Production ◽

Water Development ◽

The Past

It takes more than ordinary population for a group of strangers to recommends changes in the efforts of a great nation to contend with a problem that goes that goes to the very roofs of its social structure and its livelihood. Yet we did just that in our Report on Land and Water Development in the Indus Plain[l]. We hoped our recommendations would be considered sympathetically and debated fully, that our sound suggestions would be adopted and our unsound ones forgiven. All this has been granted us, and more. The months since the Panel's report was prepared have been eventful for the economic development of West Pakistan. It is hard to cast our minds back to the gloom that filled the atmosphere when the Panel was convened. Food production had been stagnant for the past several years, sem and thur were spreading through the most productive portions of the Plain, expensive efforts to control these twin menaces had been baffled. WAPDA knew, of course, that in principle tubswells could do the job, but there were more failures to report than successes

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Assessment of Glyphosate Impact on the Agrofood Ecosystem

Plants ◽

10.3390/plants10020405 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 405

Author(s):

Yaxin Sang ◽

Juan-Carlos Mejuto ◽

Jianbo Xiao ◽

Jesus Simal-Gandara

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Food Production ◽

Mitigation Strategies ◽

Regulatory Control ◽

Biological Pest Control ◽

Effective Strategies ◽

Nutrition Security ◽

Production And Consumption ◽

Food And Nutrition ◽

The Impact

Agro-industries should adopt effective strategies to use agrochemicals such as glyphosate herbicides cautiously in order to protect public health. This entails careful testing and risk assessment of available choices, and also educating farmers and users with mitigation strategies in ecosystem protection and sustainable development. The key to success in this endeavour is using scientific research on biological pest control, organic farming and regulatory control, etc., for new developments in food production and safety, and for environmental protection. Education and research is of paramount importance for food and nutrition security in the shadow of climate change, and their consequences in food production and consumption safety and sustainability. This review, therefore, diagnoses on the use of glyphosate and the associated development of glyphosate-resistant weeds. It also deals with the risk assessment on human health of glyphosate formulations through environment and dietary exposures based on the impact of glyphosate and its metabolite AMPA—(aminomethyl)phosphonic acid—on water and food. All this to setup further conclusions and recommendations on the regulated use of glyphosate and how to mitigate the adverse effects.

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“We used to get food from the garden.” understanding changing practices of local food production and consumption in small island states

Social Science & Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114214 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 114214

Author(s):

Cornelia Guell ◽

Catherine Brown ◽

Viliamu Iese ◽

Otto Navunicagi ◽

Morgan Wairiu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Food Production ◽

Local Food ◽

Small Island ◽

Island States ◽

Production And Consumption ◽

Local Food Production ◽

Small Island States ◽

Changing Practices

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Actions on sustainable food production and consumption for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Science Advances ◽

10.1126/sciadv.abc8259 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (12) ◽

pp. eabc8259

Author(s):

Izabela Delabre ◽

Lily O. Rodriguez ◽

Joanna Miller Smallwood ◽

Jörn P. W. Scharlemann ◽

Joseph Alcamo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Food Production ◽

Food Systems ◽

Transformative Change ◽

Political Commitment ◽

Sustainable Food ◽

Sustainable Food Production ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Production And Consumption ◽

Barriers And Opportunities ◽

Sustainability Standards

Current food production and consumption trends are inconsistent with the Convention on Biological Diversity’s 2050 vision of living in harmony with nature. Here, we examine how, and under what conditions, the post-2020 biodiversity framework can support transformative change in food systems. Our analysis of actions proposed in four science-policy fora reveals that subsidy reform, valuation, food waste reduction, sustainability standards, life cycle assessments, sustainable diets, mainstreaming biodiversity, and strengthening governance can support more sustainable food production and consumption. By considering barriers and opportunities of implementing these actions in Peru and the United Kingdom, we derive potential targets and indicators for the post-2020 biodiversity framework. For targets to support transformation, genuine political commitment, accountability and compliance, and wider enabling conditions and actions by diverse agents are needed to shift food systems onto a sustainable path.

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