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Food security : challenges, role of biotechnologies and implications for developing countries /

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 li...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Harvie, Annabelle
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2014]
Colección:Biotechnology in agriculture, industry and medicine series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía: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.
ISBN:9781634636773
1634636775