04716nam a2200493Ii 4500 9781787145153 UtOrBLW 20251029120806.0 m o d cr un||||||||| 170815s2017 enk ob 001 0 eng d 9781787145153 (e-book) 9781787149571 ePUB UtOrBLW eng rda UtOrBLW HD9000.5 .W67 2017 KCM bicssc BUS068000 bisacsh 631 World agricultural resources and food security : international food security/ edited by Andrew Schmitz, P. Lynn Kennedy, Troy G. Schmitz. Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017. ©2017 1 online resource (418 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Frontiers of economics and globalization, 1574-8715 ; v. 17 Includes index. Includes bibliographical references. Prelims -- Assessing the impact of agricultural R&D investments on long-term projections of food security -- The nexus of dietary guidelines and food security -- Food security through biotechnology: the case of genetically modified sugar beets in the united states -- What would happen if we don't have GMO traits? -- Climate change and food security: threats and adaptation -- Climate change and food security: Florida's Agriculture in the coming decades -- Vegetable production, diseases, and climate change -- U.S. Agricultural policy: impacts on domestic and international food security -- Sugarcane yields and production: Florida and Louisiana -- Aquaculture: its role in the future of food -- Food security and the Food Safety Modernization Act -- Agricultural biotechnology and food security: Can CETA, TPP, and TTIP Become venues to facilitate trade in GM products? -- Assessing food security in Ethiopia -- The coffee-food security interface for subsistence households in Jimma Zone Ethiopia -- Assessing food security in rural Bangladesh: The role of a nonfarm economy -- Food costs during the food crisis: the case of Tanzania -- Food loss and waste as an economic and policy problem -- Index. World agricultural resources will be altered by climate change which will require both public and private actions. Global agriculture is affected by invasive alien pest and disease species and by severe weather such as sea-level rise flooding and drought. Rising sea levels will increase salinity in coastal groundwater and the loss of coastal wetlands. Drought will increase the vulnerability of forest ecosystems due to decreased soil moisture and increased evapotranspiration. Many changes will be needed to maintain global food security. Climate change will affect food supply and demand, as well as prices. Research and development have the potential to impact both supply and demand, especially through the adoption of biotechnology. Researching plant and animal breeding for multiple disease resistance against pathogens of global relevance has great evolutionary potential. One such program is aquaculture. Another problem is land constraints as rural and urban areas compete for land. For rural food-insecure households, land competition means necessary changes in production practices. Research and development investments could substantially decelerate food prices to prevent hunger and deteriorating living standards in rural households worldwide. Increasing food security will mean establishing dietary guidelines that alleviate the negative health and economic outcomes associated with malnutrition. It is highly questionable to aggregate all food items based solely on calories per kilogram content when not all calories are equal in their effect on health. Food security also includes increasing diet diversity while decreasing food waste and loss. It is imperative that actions be taken for a food-secure future. Print version record Food security. 58170 Food supply. 58169 Business & Economics Development Economic Development. bisacsh 58346 Development economics & emerging economies. bicssc 57523 Schmitz, Andrew, editor. 61283 Kennedy, P. Lynn, editor. 61284 Schmitz, Troy Gordon, editor. 61285 9781787145160 Frontiers of economics and globalization ; 17. 61286 https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/S1574-8715201717 52043 52043