scholarly journals Study on the Current Status of China’s Food Security Based on Multiple Dimensions Measurement

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 224
Author(s):  
Fang Min
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Multiple Dimensions

scholarly journals Dryland Food Security in Ethiopia: Current Status, Opportunities, and a Roadmap for the Future

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6503
Author(s):  
Yu Peng ◽  
Hubert Hirwa ◽  
Qiuying Zhang ◽  
Guoqin Wang ◽  
Fadong Li
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Security Assessment ◽  
Security Issue ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Zero Hunger ◽  
The Impact

Given the impact of COVID-19 and the desert locust plague, the Ethiopian food security issue has once again received widespread attention. Its food crisis requires comprehensive and systematic research to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger. This review discusses the current situation and the causes of food security in Ethiopia. We focus on the challenges in the food security assessment field. The article lists seven typical causes of food insecurity and three roots of food security in Ethiopia. Long-term food security assessment and a comprehensive understanding and manageability for food security causes are considered as the main existing research challenges. Climate-resilient management, water management, and long-term ecosystem network monitoring and data mining are suggested as potential roadmap for future research.

scholarly journals Is the quest to eat healthy a route to enhancing consumer’s food security?

2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Kerr ◽  
Jill E. Hobbs
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Markets ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Private Standards ◽  
Regulatory Failure

Abstract Background On an individual level, food security has multiple dimensions and consumers exhibit heterogeneity in the extent to which different attributes matter in their quest for enhanced food security. The aim of this paper is to explain how the quest for individual food security arises and its dynamic nature and its implications for how food security-enhancing attributes are defined and how they are signaled, and for the role of regulators and food supply chains in establishing credible signals. Results The paper finds that the quest for enhanced individual food security is a dynamic process that responds to the disequilibrium that change brings. The changing role of standards and grades as signals in food markets is discussed as a precursor to considering the implications for both market and non-market (regulatory) failure in determining the appropriate role for the public sector in regulating food safety and quality standards and labeling. The rise of private standards is examined, along with a consideration of how these standards differ in terms of scope and objective and their implications for international trade in increasingly globalized food supply chains. Conclusions Despite the growth of private standards, a clear role remains for mandatory public standards, yet challenges arise when these standards differ across countries.

Next-Generation Genetic and Fermentation Technologies for Safe and Sustainable Production of Food Ingredients: Colors and Flavorings

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung-Oh Seo ◽  
Yong-Su Jin
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Food Additives ◽  
Strain Engineering ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Manufacturing Processes ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Sustainable Operations ◽  
Food Ingredients

A growing human population is a significant issue in food security owing to the limited land and resources available for agricultural food production. To solve these problems, sustainable food manufacturing processes and the development of alternative foods and ingredients are needed. Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology can help solve the food security issue and satisfy the demand for alternative food production. Bioproduction of food ingredients by microbial fermentation is a promising method to replace current manufacturing processes, such as extraction from natural materials and chemical synthesis, with more ecofriendly and sustainable operations. This review highlights successful examples of bioproduction for food additives by engineered microorganisms, with an emphasis on colorants and flavors that are extensively used in the food industry. Recent strain engineering developments and fermentation strategies for producing selected food colorants and flavors are introduced with discussions on the current status and future perspectives. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Food Science and Technology, Volume 13 is March 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

Are GM Crops the Answer to Africa's Critical Food Security Status?

2020 ◽  
pp. 1688-1708
Author(s):  
Nira Ramachandran
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Technological Advance ◽  
Gm Crops ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Food Security Status ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Positive Action ◽  
Cultivable Land

Despite unprecedented technological breakthroughs and rising incomes, the most basic human requirement–food security remains out of reach of many. The countries of Africa are the worst affected, and consistently score lowest on the Global Hunger Index. The downside of technological advance and increasing urbanisation is the decrease in cultivable land and water availability exacerbated by climatic unpredictability. While concerted efforts are on to control the crisis, it is time to take positive action and capture technology to boost food security. Genetically Modified (GM) crops engineered to be drought/flood resistant, reduce pesticide requirements or provide vitamins open up tremendous possibilities for enhancing food and nutrition security and counteracting negative environmental impacts. This paper reviews the current status of GM crops in Africa, the scope for expansion, possible impacts on food security and the validity of existing concerns about bio-safety and farmers' needs in the light of developing country experience.

Are GM Crops the Answer to Africa's Critical Food Security Status?

2016 ◽  
pp. 157-177
Author(s):  
Nira Ramachandran
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Technological Advance ◽  
Gm Crops ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Food Security Status ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Positive Action ◽  
Cultivable Land

Despite unprecedented technological breakthroughs and rising incomes, the most basic human requirement–food security remains out of reach of many. The countries of Africa are the worst affected, and consistently score lowest on the Global Hunger Index. The downside of technological advance and increasing urbanisation is the decrease in cultivable land and water availability exacerbated by climatic unpredictability. While concerted efforts are on to control the crisis, it is time to take positive action and capture technology to boost food security. Genetically Modified (GM) crops engineered to be drought/flood resistant, reduce pesticide requirements or provide vitamins open up tremendous possibilities for enhancing food and nutrition security and counteracting negative environmental impacts. This paper reviews the current status of GM crops in Africa, the scope for expansion, possible impacts on food security and the validity of existing concerns about bio-safety and farmers' needs in the light of developing country experience.

Current Status of Food Security in India

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 293-302
Author(s):  
Avinash Sharma ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Current Status

scholarly journals LEGAL ASSURANCE OF UKRAINE’S FOOD SECURITY: CURRENT STATUS AND PROSPECTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-138
Author(s):  
V. R. SHYSHLIUK ◽  
V. P. SAMOKYSH
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Current Status

scholarly journals Biodiversity seen through the perspective of insects: 10 simple rules on methodological choices, common challenges, and experimental design for genomic studies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pável Matos-Maraví ◽  
Camila Duarte Ritter ◽  
Christopher J Barnes ◽  
Martin Nielsen ◽  
Urban Olsson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Trees ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Biodiversity Crisis ◽  
Methodological Choices ◽  
Biodiversity Research ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Simple Rules ◽  
Genomic Studies

The study of biodiversity within the spatiotemporal continuum of evolution, e.g., studying local communities, population dynamics, or phylogenetic diversity, has been important to properly identify and describe the current biodiversity crisis. However, it has become clear that a multi-scale approach – from the leaves of phylogenetic trees to its deepest branches – is necessary to fully comprehend, and predict, biodiversity dynamics. Massive parallel DNA sequencing opens up opportunities for bridging multiple dimensions in biodiversity research, thanks to its efficiency to recover millions of nucleotide polymorphisms, both under neutral or selective pressure. Here we aim to identify the current status, discuss the main challenges, and look into future perspectives on biodiversity genomics research focusing on insects, which arguably constitute the most diverse and ecologically important group of metazoans. We suggest 10 simple rules that every biologist could follow to 1) provide a succinct step-by-step guide and best-practices to anyone interested in biodiversity research through insect genomics, 2) review and show relevant literature to biodiversity and evolutionary research in the field of entomology, and 3) make available a perspective on biodiversity studies using insect genomics. Our compilation is targeted at researchers and students who may not yet be specialists in entomology or genomics, but plan to carry out own research in insect genomics. We foresee that the genomic revolution and its application to the study of non-model insect lineages will represent a major leap to our understanding of insect diversity, and by consequence the largest portion of Earth’s biodiversity, and its evolution in time and space.

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