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Chapter 5: Food Security [PDF]

The current food system (production, transport, processing, packaging, storage, retail, consumption, loss and waste) feeds the great majority of world population and supports the livelihoods of over 1 billion people.
Barioni, Luis G., Benkeblia, Noureddine, Benton, Tim G., Blanchard, Julia, Challinor, Andrew, Contreras, Erik Mencos, Diouf, Abdoul Aziz, Fanzo, Jessica, Frank, Stefan, Herrero, Mario, Khan, Amanullah, Kriewald, Steffan, Krishnapillai, Murukesan, Lanigan, Gary, Liwenga, Emma, Lopez, Daniel, Mason-D'Croz, Daniel, Mbow, Cheikh, Mencos Contreras, Erik A., Neofotis, Peter, Pant, Laxmi, Periera, Joana Portugal, Porter, John R., Pradhan, Prajal, Rivera-Ferre, Marta G., Rodrigues, Renato, Rosenzweig, Cynthia E., Ruane, Alex C., Ruane, Alexander C., Sapkota, Tek, Tubiello, Francesco N., Waha, Katharina, Xu, Yinlong   +32 more
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An Ultra‐Low‐Power and High‐Temperature‐Homogeneity Wafer‐Scale Infrared Source

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
A wafer‐scale MEMS infrared source with an Al@nanoforest radiation layer achieves high emissivity and temperature homogeneity at low power, enabling efficient CO2 detection for smart agriculture. Non‐dispersive infrared gas sensors, renowned for their high selectivity and high reliability, are extensively employed in applications of smart agriculture ...
Qirui Zhang, Shuxin Chen, Meng Shi, Xin Liu, Hanhui Li, Ruitao Tao, Yu Liu, Na Zhou, Wenwu Li, Haiyang Mao   +9 more
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Development of a novel Bluetooth Low Energy device for proximity and location monitoring in grazing sheep

Animal
Monitoring animal location and proximity can provide useful information on behaviour and activity, which can act as a health and welfare indicator. However, tools such as global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) can be costly, power−hungry and often ...
A.M. Walker, N.N. Jonsson, A. Waterhouse, H. McDougall, F. Kenyon, A. McLaren, C. Morgan-Davies   +6 more
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Comprehensive Feasibility Study of Solar Power Plants

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global transition to solar energy is frequently impeded by high project failure rates, largely due to feasibility assessments that emphasize geographic and economic aspects while overlooking critical technical, environmental, and socio‐administrative dimensions.
Seyyed Mohammad Hadi Mohammadi, Saeed Safari, Reza Abbasi   +2 more
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Identification of Candidate Variants Associated with Milk Production, Health and Reproductive Traits for Holstein Cows in Southern China

Agriculture
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been a successful tool for identifying quantitative trait loci (QTL) for economically important traits in dairy cows.
Tingxian Deng, Lei Cheng, Chenhui Liu, Min Xiang, Qing Liu, Bo Yu, Hongbo Chen   +6 more
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Review of obstacles to meeting the Defra Action Plan targets for organic cereals [PDF]

, 2003
The Defra ‘Action Plan to Develop Organic Food and Farming in England’ identifies cereals as the organic commodity farthest from meeting demand from UK production.
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Current Advancements of Probiotic Foods and Their Role in Sustainable Food Security

Food Bioengineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Probiotic foods have evolved from traditional fermented products to scientifically validated functional foods, defined by the FAO and WHO as live microorganism that confer a health benefit on the host when administered in adequate amounts, with effects being strain, does and end point specific.
Ashenafi Teklay Yaekob, Gebremedhin Gebreslassie, Etsay Mesele, Tesfakiros Semere   +3 more
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Development and Application of a 40 K Liquid Capture Chip for Beef Cattle

Animals
The availability of genome sequences and single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chips allows us to investigate the various genomic characteristics of species by exploring genetic diversity to aid genetic selection.
Qing Liu, Liangyu Shi, Pu Zhang, Bo Yu, Chenhui Liu, Min Xiang, Shuilian Li, Lei Liu, Lei Cheng, Hongbo Chen   +9 more
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Basic principles of precision livestock farming

, 2022
This article describes the importance of using precision livestock farming, which is being developed in the dairy sector to facilitate herd monitoring, reduce labor-intensive processes, and ensure process productivity. В данной статье описывается важность использования точного животноводства сельского хозяйства, которое развивается в молочном секторе ...
Anishchenko, Artem Alekseevich, Kozlikin, Dmitry Andreevich, Dubina, Lyudmila Petrovna   +2 more
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Effect of medicinal and food homologous plants polysaccharides on animal nutrition and health: A review

Food Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.
Abstract As one of the most important components of foods, animal meat provides a lot of protein, fat, and energy for humans. However, nutrition and health of animals directly affect the healthiness of human, especially antibiotic residues in animals induced by abuse of antibiotics.
Zichao Wang, Yi Zheng, Changxing Liu, Danye Zhu, Yingjie Feng, Hongtao Zhang, Qi Wang, Qinggong Chen, Xueyi Qiao   +8 more
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