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The Nation's Food Supply [PDF]
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R. Henry Rew
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Teleconnected food supply shocks [PDF]
The 2008 2010 food crisis might have been a harbinger of fundamental climate-induced food crises with geopolitical implications. Heat-wave-induced yield losses in Russia and resulting export restrictions led to increases in market prices for wheat across the Middle East, likely contributing to the Arab Spring.
Christopher Bren d’Amour+6 more
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To the Editor: —The editorial on "Peanuts as Food" (The Journal, March 23, 1918, p. 850) is in line with progress. More, however, may be said to advantage. It is a rule in economics that people do not make an effort toward filling a need until the need is felt.
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Toxoplasma gondii in the Food Supply [PDF]
Toxoplasmosis is caused by infection with the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Infections are usually either asymptomatic or develop mild symptoms that are self-limited, but infections in immunosuppressed persons can be severe. Infections in pregnant women can cause serious health problems in the child such as mental retardation and blindness ...
Hussain, Malik A. (R20588)+3 more
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There is currently a wide divergence of opinion as to whether in the year 2000 there will be sufficient food supplies to feed a prospective world population of 7 billion. The pessimists warn that even before that time there may be widespread outbreaks of famine, complete exhaustion of our natural resources, a hopelessly deteriorated physical ...
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Modelling food supply networks
The core objective of VALUMICS www.valumics.eu is to develop approaches and tools to analyse the structure, dynamics, resilience and impact of food chains on food security, economic development and the environment. This article presents the work done by the H2020 VALUMICS project during its first year on system dynamics causality-based modelling ...
Gudbrandsdottir, I.Y.+2 more
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man life span, the decrease of infant mortality, and, as a consequence, to a tremendous growth rate of human population. It has been estimated that the earth's human population is now increasing by 80,000 per day. In many nations (e.g., India and China), the human population pressure is so great that many thousands of their citizens spend all their ...
Edna Higbee, Harry J. Fuller
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