Agriculture

In a world hungry for biofuels, food security must come first

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Olivier De Schutter
A worker shows Jatropha seeds in Manica province
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july 22 , 2012

 

Growing crops for food and fuel together can work but farmers and policymakers must prioritise hungry people and think local

 

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Aquaculture Tries to Fill World's Insatiable Appetite for Seafood

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Aquaculture Tries to Fill World's Insatiable Appetite for Seafood
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Total global fish production, including both wild capture fish and aquaculture, reached an all-time high of 154 million tons in 2011. Wild capture was 90.4 million tons that year, up 2 percent from 2010. This followed a 1.6-percent decline from 2009 to 2010. The 2011 global capture figure nearly matched the 2007 total of 90.3 million tons, which broke a four-year pattern of declining global wild capture. Since the late 1980s, however, wild capture production has essentially stagnated.

 

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Engineers Without Borders: An Organization Working to Alleviate Poverty

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www.ewb-usa.org

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Engineers Without Borders: An Organization Working to Alleviate Poverty

This image gives the reader some basic information about Engineers Without Borders, an organization with active chapters all over the world. EWB employs engineers to design and implement sustainable projects in developing countries. There are chapters at both the university and professional levels.

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Future Generations: An Organization Working to Alleviate Poverty

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www.future.org

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Future Generations: An Organization Working to Alleviate Poverty

This image gives the reader some basic information about Future Generations, a human-centered international development organization working to alleviate global poverty.

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Organizations Working to Create Environmental Sustainability

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Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture, International Water Management Institute

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Organizations Working to Create Environmental Sustainability

This picture gives the reader some basic information about two organizations working to ensure global environmental sustainability.

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World Food Price Increases Over Time

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Food Policy Research Institute

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World Food Price Increases Over Time

This is a combination of two images. The top chart shows the increase in the prices of rice, wheat, and maize from 2005 to 2011. These three crops are the major food staples in most developing countries. The graph underneath depicts the World Food Price Index, which measures the increase in world food prices over time. Since 2007, world food prices have increased dramatically, contributing to the cycle of poverty in the developing world.

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The future of food

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John Vidal
The future of food
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By 2050 there will be another 2.5 billion people on the planet. How to feed them? Science's answer: a diet of algae, insects and meat grown in a lab

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/jan/22/future-of-food-john-vidal

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