Food security : challenges, role of biotechnologies and implications for developing countries / editor, Annabelle Harvie.

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REFERENCESChapter 2: SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION AND DAIRY HERD HEALTH: A KEY ROLE FOR THE VETERINARY SURGEON; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY-KEY CONCEPTS; VETERINARY ACTIVITIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON FOOD SECURITY; VETERINARY ROLE IN A TECHNICAL AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES; ENERGY SECURITY; ENERGY SECURITY-KEY CONCEPTS; CONTROVERSIES OVER ENERGY SECURITY VS FOOD SECURITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY; HOW DO DAIRY COWS HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEIR ENVIRONMENT?; GHG EMISSIONS.

FOOD SECURITY: CHALLENGES, ROLE OF BIOTECHNOLOGIES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD SECURITY: CHALLENGES, ROLE OF BIOTECHNOLOGIES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: FOOD SECURITY: SOME INCONVENIENT QUESTIONS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CAN WE FEED THE WORLD?; HOW DOES FOOD SECURITY LINK TO OTHER GLOBAL CHALLENGES?; WHAT DO SYSTEM DYNAMIC MODELS SAY ABOUT INTERLINKED GLOBAL CHALLENGES?; HOW DO WE CREATE A SUSTAINABLE, DESIRABLE, AND FOOD-SECURE FUTURE?; IS GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY EVEN POSSIBLE?

CARBON FOOTPRINTING & DIFFICULTIES WITH A WHOLE FARM ASSESSMENTTHE IMPORTANCE OF EFFICIENT MILK PRODUCTION IN REDUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF DAIRY FARMING; DIET; GENETICS; HEALTH AND FERTILITY; A ROLE FOR THE VET; MEASURE & MONITOR: USING FARM DATA TO ACHIEVE PROGRESS; MANAGE: ACTION AND REASSESSMENT; MARGINAL ABATEMENT COST CURVES (MACC) AND LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION AND DAIRY HERD HEALTH IN THE FUTURE; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: USING LANDSAT IMAGES TO DETECT LAND COVER CHANGE AND ASSOCIATED IMPACT ON FOOD SECURITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SURFACE COAL MINES.

ABSTRACT1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SPATIAL DATA FOR MAPPING OF LAND COVER CHANGES; 3. REMOTE SENSING: THE LANDSAT PROGRAM; 4. GLOBAL LAND COVER MAPPING AND MONITORING; 5. THE AREA OF INTEREST; 6. LAND COVER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SURFACE COAL MINES; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: THE CONTRIBUTION OF NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS TO FOOD SECURITY: AN OVERVIEW FROM SOME AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. BACKGROUND ON NWFP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; 3. NWFP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR FOOD SECURITY; 4. CASE STUDIES FROM FOUR COUNTRIES.

5. TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO PROMOTE NWFPCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: BIOFUELS AND FOOD SECURITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. BRAZIL; 3. CHINA; 4. OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; 5. DISCUSSION -- BIOFUELS AND FOOD SECURITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: A SPATIAL TYPOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DATA; 3. SPATIAL PATTERNS OF PRODUCTION FACTORS; 4. TYPOLOGY ANALYSIS; CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION; REFERENCES.

Discussions of food security usually focus on the question ""Can we feed the world?"" Providing enough food is a major challenge. To do so without unacceptable environmental impacts, so that food sufficiency is not compromised over time, is a deeper challenge that systemically links to other issues of sustainability, notably including climate change. This book discusses several challenges involved in providing food security. It also examines the role of biotechnologies and the implications for developing countries.

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