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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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Food Insecurity, Worldwide
Broken food system and environmental crises spell hunger for millions. A broken food system and environmental crises are now reversing decades of progress against hunger... More »
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Agriculture I
Humans began to cultivate food crops about 10,000 years ago. Prior to that time, hunter-gatherers secured their food as they traveled in the nearby environment. When they... More »
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Environmental Services Markets in Agriculture
Environmental goods and services are the benefits society obtains from the environment and ecosystems, both natural and managed, such as water filtration, flood control,... More »
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Overgrazing
Overgrazing is herbivory (animal comsumption of plants) that extracts an unsustainable yield of floral biomass from an ecosystem; however, the term is most often... More »
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Agriculture II
Humans began to cultivate food crops about 10,000 years ago. Prior to that time, hunter-gatherers secured their food as they traveled in the nearby environment. When they... 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 »
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is part of the United States federal government with primilary responsibility for matters related to agriculture, farming, forestry, and... More »
Nonpoint source water pollution
Last Updated on 2013-06-05 at 00:16
Nonpoint source pollution
Most nonpoint source water pollution occurs as a result of surface water runoff. When rain or melted snow moves over and through... More »
Fair Trade for Agriculture in Ethiopia
Last Updated on 2013-05-22 at 21:13
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 »
Herbicide
Last Updated on 2013-04-29 at 02:09
A herbicide is any of a number of chemical substances intended to kill vegetation. Since the vast majority of herbicides are non-selective in their lethal action, there may be... More »
Photosynthesis
Last Updated on 2013-02-18 at 15:00
Introduction
Photosynthesis is a process in plants, algae, and some prokaryotes, that coverts solar insolation into chemical energy stored in... More »
Biotechnology in Animal Agriculture: Status and...
Last Updated on 2012-10-25 at 13:41
This article represents a summary of the subject as of 2008. Since the field of genetic modification of food products is rapidly changing in time, there may be other data... More »
Ethanol Biofuels in the United States
Last Updated on 2012-10-07 at 22:48
Biofuels are a major source of renewable energy in the United States. Ethanol produced from corn starch accounts for 90% of the biofuels consumed, but only 5% of all... More »
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