Perennial Grain Crops: A New Option for the Future Food and Ecoagricultural Environment

2011 ◽  
Vol 361-363 ◽  
pp. 1463-1466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Min Zhang ◽  
Lu Ming Jiang ◽  
Yong Peng Li ◽  
Chao Tian ◽  
Wen Jing Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Perennial Crop ◽  
Grain Crops ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Status ◽  
Agriculture And Environment ◽  
Below Ground ◽  
Perennial Grain

Although agriculture has traditionally been primarily the concern of the world, it now plays an increasingly important role in how we meet challenges—international food security, environmental protection, climate change, energy supply, economic sustainability, and human health. With population growth and environmental deterioration, the attention about food security and sustainable agriculture is on the increase, and the status of ecological agriculture comes into prominence. Perennial grain crops would address many agricultural problems as well as substantial ecological and economic benefits, which can provide multiple ecosystem services essential for sustainable production more effectively than production systems based on annual crops, such as protecting against soil erosion, conserving water and nutrients, storing more carbon below ground, and building better pest tolerance. This paper presents some of advantages of perennial grain crops as a new option for the food security and ecoagriculture, as well as prospects the significant utilization of perennial crop on sustainability of agriculture and environment in the future.

scholarly journals The Brazilian beef supply chain and food security: a productive inputs view

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (13) ◽  
pp. e260101320895
Author(s):  
Yasmin Gomes Casagranda ◽  
Giana de Vargas Mores ◽  
Eduardo Luís Casarotto ◽  
Leila Dal Moro ◽  
Ana Flávia Siqueira Abrahão ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Security ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
World Population ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Future ◽  
Development Goals

The alignment of food production systems with the trends and demands of the world population plays an important global role. This study aims to discuss the convergence of trends related to the Brazilian beef cattle supply chain from a food security perspective. Therefore, it includes important reports on the future of this supply chain and its input production, taking on a qualitative approach to consider trends in animal health, genetics, nutrition, forage, and farm machinery in terms of the development of Brazilian agriculture and the future of food and agribusiness. From a managerial point of view, it was possible to provide information capable of leading to a sustainable understanding. Thus, a content analysis of the documents was carried out, coding them through the Sustainable Development Goals and categorizing them by taking into account the 2030 Agenda’s five Ps (people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnerships). Along this line, the discussion highlights the themes of poverty and climate change, emphasizing them with regard to the categorization social aspects – the P of people). Future trends will require a workforce prepared to deal with the additional limitations that can arise with the use of new technologies as productivity increases.

scholarly journals Introducing Perennial Grain in Grain Crops Rotation: The Role of Rooting Pattern in Soil Quality Management

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1254
Author(s):  
Olivier Duchene ◽  
Florian Celette ◽  
Ana Barreiro ◽  
Linda-Maria Dimitrova Mårtensson ◽  
Grégoire T. Freschet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Root Traits ◽  
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Perennial Crop ◽  
Conservative Strategy ◽  
Intermediate Wheatgrass ◽  
Grain Crops ◽  
Perennial Grain

The use of the perennial grain intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium (Host) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey) may have the potential to sustain soil health and fertility through the development of an extensive root system. However, references are scarce to demonstrate its potential influence in a context of a limited perennial grain growth phase, integrated into annual grain crops succession. This study aims at determining how early a perennial crop rooting system differs from that of an annual crop through root development and root traits and microbial indicators. Our results indicate that the two-year-old intermediate wheatgrass promotes a denser and deeper rooting system with proportionally more root biomass and length deeper in the soil profile. From the first growing season, the perennial grain demonstrated a suite of root traits typical of a more resource-conservative strategy, and more belowground-oriented resource allocation. Soil fungal biomass indicators were enhanced. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) indicators were notably found to be improved at 1 m depth during the second growing season. This study provides evidence that grain-based agriculture can benefit from the potential of deeper and long-lived root systems of intermediate wheatgrass to manage soils. The periodic use of a short-term perennial phase in the crop rotation has the potential to improve soil functioning in the long term.

Advantages of Perennial Crop on Conservation of Agroecological Environment

2012 ◽  
Vol 518-523 ◽  
pp. 5213-5216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Ming Zhang ◽  
Chao Tian ◽  
Lu Ming Jiang ◽  
Yong Peng Li ◽  
Zhi Min Xiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Production Systems ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Perennial Crop ◽  
Annual Crops ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The World ◽  
Industrial Farming ◽  
Multiple Issues

Of human activities, agriculture is perhaps the most disruptive to the functioning of ecosystems around the world. As agriculture's impact on the Earth has been amplified by industrial farming, the agroecological environment is worsening. By developing perennial crops, however, would help deal with the multiple issues involving agroecological environmental conservation and economic benefits in a world of shrinking resources. It can provide multiple ecosystem services essential for sustainable production more effectively than production systems based on annual crops, such as reducing soil erosion, minimizing nutrient leaching, sequestering more C in soils, building better pest tolerance and providing continuous habitat for wildlife. This paper presents advantages of perennial crop system in agroecological benefits, introduces the important role of perennial crop at the development of sustainable agriculture, and prospects the significant utilization of perennial crop on conservation of agroecological environment.

The Cruise Industry in the World

2020 ◽  
pp. 223-232
Author(s):  
Miguel Marques
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Coastal Regions ◽  
Cruise Industry ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Status ◽  
Tourism Destinations

The cruise industry is one of the most important growth sectors in the entire tourism market. The number of cruise passengers has been increasing in the last 9 years. The market is still growing, despite the global economic instability. North America is the primary market for cruise activities. There is still enormous potential to be found in the worldwide cruise market. The European cruise sector is number two and it is a growing market. The biggest European country is Great Britain. Various interest groups are trying to increase familiarity with the cruise product to grow the market. The fact the cruise market displays strong growth even under difficult circumstances (in times of instability) breeds confidence for the future. The cruise industry can make a huge positive contribution to tourism destinations and generate economic benefits, which makes it a very interesting market for coastal regions. The chapter studies the status of the cruise industry in the world and the future foreseeable evolution of this industry.

scholarly journals A Model of Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage by Commercial Three-Dimensional Animation - Taking “Little Master of Brocade” as an Example

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Yang Cao
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Future Trend ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
New Model ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Status ◽  
Good Reputation ◽  
At Home

Though China has carried out protection of intangible cultural heritage by three-dimensional animation, to protect intangible cultural heritage by commercial three-dimensional animation still requires further discussion and promotion. “Little Master of Brocade” (Yun Jing Xiao Dang Jia) is a cartoon gaining a good reputation at home and abroad and it has achieved certain economic benefits and social and cultural benefits in respect of protection of intangible cultural heritage. On the basis the status of protection of intangible cultural heritage by three-dimensional animation, this paper discussed a new model and the future trend of protection of intangible cultural heritage by commercial three-dimensional animation by taking “Little Master of Brocade” (Yun Jing Xiao Dang Jia) as an example.

scholarly journals The Status and Challenges of Sustainable Intensification of Rice-Potato Systems in Southern China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao Lu ◽  
Philip Kear ◽  
Xiaoping Lu ◽  
Marcel Gatto
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Sustainable Intensification ◽  
The Status ◽  
Potato Rotation

AbstractPotato is the world's largest non-cereal crop, occupying a position critical for global food security. In China, potato is the fourth largest crop adding to food security and incomes. The large population and unremitting reductions in arable land are the most critical root causes of China's food security problems. Hence, crop yield improvements and strategies to improve land use are at the forefront of solutions to increase China's food security. Maintenance of existing land resources while increasing crop yields, avoiding soil quality degradation and wastage of water are enduring problems that have long attracted widespread attention in many research fields. This article, analyzes and discusses the status and challenges to sustainable intensification of rice-potato rotation in southern China. Three significant findings were obtained in this paper, viz. availability of about 16 million hectares of suitable land for rice-potato intensification in southern China in 2016 are reported, several conservation agricultural practices with varying intensity and higher economic benefits in rice-potato rotation than rice-fallow, which may positively effects the environment. It was concluded that agricultural intensification with potato was an economically viable avenue along with good agricultural practices that minimize adverse environmental effects.

Phosphorus: Past History and Contributions to the Global Food Supply

2019 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Past History ◽  
Phosphate Fertilizer ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Global Food Supply

Since its early rudimentary forms, phosphate fertilizer has developed in step with our understanding of successful food production systems. Recognized as essential to life, the responsible use P in agriculture remains key to food security.

An archaeological analysis to trace the emergence and transformation of qualified physical education teachers in Singapore primary schools

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-84
Author(s):  
Ho Jin Chung ◽  
Muhammad Sufri ◽  
Chee Keng John Wang
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
National Archives ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Status ◽  
Archaeology Of Knowledge ◽  
Archaeological Analysis ◽  
Key Events ◽  
Underlying Processes

This study explored the underlying processes associated with the policy of increasing qualified physical education teachers (QPETs) in Singapore primary schools. Data were collected from the National Archives of Singapore, Newslink, NewpaperSG and documents. An ‘archaeological analysis’ by Foucault (1972) was used to trace the discursive conditions which enabled and facilitated the policy. Three distinct elements were borrowed from ‘The Archaeology of Knowledge and the Discourse on Language’, namely: the status – as reflected in the positions of individuals influencing the PE policies and initiatives; the institutional sites – as in the locations of the decisions being exercised, and; the situation – identified by the key events leading to the decision to increase QPETs in primary schools. The conclusions based on the analysis of these elements offer a clearer understanding of the various contributions to the adoption of the policy and serve to provide an insightful lens to policymakers who might seek to redesign the future shape of Physical Education.

Status of Food Security in Banten Province, Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weksi Budiaji
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Soil Types ◽  
Indicator Variables ◽  
Cereal Production ◽  
The Status ◽  
Vast Area

This paper discusses the status of food security in Banten Province, Indonesia based on regional and city characteristics. Secondary data is used and is analyzed descriptively covering population dynamics, the population living in poverty, cereal production, disaster risk and soil types. Tangerang Region is found to have the largest population with the greatest number of people living in poverty among the regions and cities in Banten Province. Cereal production is dominated by the regions rather than the cities due to their vast area. Regarding arable land, flooding is the most threatening disaster in the major rice producing areas. In order to identify the distributions of regions and cities regarding food security, three indicator variables of food security dimensions are plotted, namely, cereal normative consumption, proportion of the population living in poverty, and proportion of malnourished babies. The three regions of Pandeglang Region, Lebak Region and Serang Region are grouped together in a less secure group.

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