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Food Security, Food Prices and Climate Variability (Earthscan Food and Agriculture) - Tapa blanda

Libro 13 de 85: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

Brown, Molly

 
9780415663120: Food Security, Food Prices and Climate Variability (Earthscan Food and Agriculture)
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ISBN 10: 0415663121 ISBN 13: 9780415663120
Editorial: Routledge, 2014

Sinopsis

The agriculture system is under pressure to increase production every year as global population expands and more people move from a diet mostly made up of grains, to one with more meat, dairy and processed foods. This book uses a decade of primary research to examine how weather and climate, as measured by variations in the growing season using satellite remote sensing, has affected agricultural production, food prices and access to food in food-insecure regions of the world.

The author reviews environmental, economics and multidisciplinary research to describe the connection between global environmental change, changing weather conditions and local staple food price variability. The context of the analysis is the humanitarian aid community, using the guidance of the USAID Famine Early Warning Systems Network and the United Nation’s World Food Program in their response to food security crises. These organizations have worked over the past three decades to provide baseline information on food production through satellite remote sensing data and agricultural yield models, as well as assessments of food access through a food price database. These datasets are used to describe the connection, and to demonstrate the importance of these metrics in overall outcomes in food-insecure communities.

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Acerca del autor

Molly E. Brown is a research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center based in Maryland, USA. She has a BS in biology, and an MA and PhD in Geography. Her research interests include understanding the effect of environmental variability on food prices and market functioning, and the use of satellite remote sensing for decision-making.

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2014
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0415663121
ISBN 13 
9780415663120
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
228
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