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In its simplest form food could be defined as any substance with the capacity to be turned into energy by living things. In its most complex, food is attributed with the power to sustain the development of human civilizations. While in its most basic form food is common and essential to all species, humans have commodified food to the extent that billions of individuals, in both the poorest and wealthiest of nations suffer from hunger. Today food is at the center of debates about health, about family farms versus industrial farms, water and land use, economics and genetically modified organisms.
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International Food Security Assessment: 2012-22
Food security is estimated to improve slightly in 2012 as the number of food-insecure people in the 76 countries covered in this report declines from 814 million in 2011 to 802... More »
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Estimation of adult human biomass
The energy requirement of species at each trophic level is a function of the number of organisms and their average mass. The study estimates global human biomass, its... More »
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Phosphorus: A Paradox
Phosphate rock has emerged as a globally traded commodity linked to a diverse set of politically charged debates, ranging from environmental degradation and threats to human... More »
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Farmer-herder conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa
The study of herder-farmer relationships can be traced back as far as 1600 AD when white warriors, herders from the northern Sahel, continuously raided the black agricultural... More »
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International Treaty on Plant Genetic...
Note: This summary was taken from the Congressional Research Service Report R41091 by Melissa D. Ho. Summary Plant genetic... More »
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Bisphenol A
Bisphenol A (BPA) is used in the production of polycarbonate plastic products including baby bottles, plastic water bottles and the lining of food cans. Additionally BPA is... More »
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Food Security / Insecurity: Call for Articles
The intent of this core article is to encourage the generation of a set of associated articles focused on the challenges and opportunities facing humankind in addressing food... More »
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Integrated Farm System Model
The Integrated Farm System Model With tighter profit margins and increasing environmental constraints, strategic planning of farm production systems is becoming both more... More »
Redwood Sorrel
Last Updated on 2013-05-20 at 18:13
Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana)
Redwood Sorrel is in the Oxalidaceae, the wood sorrel family, a relatively small family with three genera and 875 species of mostly tropical... More »
Sea of the Hebrides
Last Updated on 2013-05-13 at 22:37
The Sea of the Hebrides is an element of the North Atlantic Ocean, located off the western coast of Scotland, separating the Scottish mainland and the northern Inner Hebrides... More »
Kattegat
Last Updated on 2013-05-13 at 19:53
The Kattegat is a shallow sea situated east of Denmark's Jutland peninsula and west of the southwestern landmass of Sweden. This low salinity water body is a connecting... More »
Agriculture
Last Updated on 2013-05-04 at 14:03
Agriculture includes cultivation of crops as tending of livestock for the purpose of production of food and fiber for humans. Mankind began to cultivate food crops about 10,000... More »
Fair Trade for Agriculture in Ethiopia
Last Updated on 2013-04-25 at 19:29
Brief Introduction of Fair Trade
While no officially accepted definition exists, fair trade is widely recognized as a certification to represent a good that was produced... More »
Red River, Texas
Last Updated on 2013-04-23 at 12:26
The Red River, sometimes called the Red River of the South, is a major tributary of the Mississippi River; the Red River, which rises in eastern New Mexico, drains a large... More »
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