| 书目名称 | Vision Infinity for Food Security |
| 副标题 | Some Whys, Why Nots |
| 编辑 | Shashi B. Sharma,John A. Wightman |
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| 概述 | Applies novel approach and vision to examine the global food security issue.Highlights the need for considering biosecurity as an integral part of global food security strategy.Recommends adoption of |
| 丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Agriculture |
| 图书封面 |  |
| 描述 | .A new perspective on the global food security situation and highlights the need for seeking a common vision and implementing global planning to define the manner in which the human species will manage its food security. The basic question of ‘is there enough food’ is examined in general and then in some detail. The history of food production is reviewed in the hope that lessons can be learned from the past. But even after ten thousand years of experience we are not able to feed adequately about a third of our total population, despite what statistics can be made to tell us. Intensive agriculture has stripped out the nutrients that support plant growth and marginalised extensive tracts of land. The global solution to feed the growing population has been and continues to be – produce more food. Even during the last 30 years, about 95 percent of global research investments have focused mainly on increasing productivity. However about a third of the food produced, sufficient to feed over two billion hungry people, is lost or wasted in the food value chain. Climate change is another confounding factor that impinges on our discussions. Pests of all kinds continue to destroy food before |
| 出版日期 | Book 2015 |
| 关键词 | Agriculture; Biosecurity; Food value chains; Globalisation; Trade |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23249-2 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-23248-5 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-23249-2Series ISSN 2211-808X Series E-ISSN 2211-8098 |
| issn_series | 2211-808X |
| copyright | The Author(s) 2015 |
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