Food security

The food technologist may be especially interested in the fate of the carotenoids in the seed oil. Like red palm oil, the resulting carotenoid-pigmented canola oil may be more stable due to the antioxidant properties of carotenoids and may be more attractive to consumers. Alternatively, for food security concerns, transgenic soybean or canola oils and seed meals that are genetically modified for more efficient bio-diesel production may be bio-safety marked with lipid-soluble carotenoids and water-soluble anthocyanins, respectively. Potatoes are excellent potential sources of dietary carotenoids, and over-expression of CrtB in tubers led to the accumulation of P-carotene. Potatoes normally have low levels of leaf-type carotenoids, like canola cotyledons. 

Lai, R., Follett, R. F., Stewart, B. A., and Kimble, J. M. (2007). Soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change and advance food security. Soil Sci. 172, 943-956. 

Merrigan, K.A. (1997) Government Pathways to True Food Security. In Visions of American Agriculture (ed. William Lockeretz), pp. 155-74. Iowa State University Press, Ames, USA. 

The scientific community is indebted to Alexey Yablokov and Lev Fedorov for carefully examining the pesticide impact on public health and the environment. Their studies add to our knowledge and their results suggest ways that public health and environmental pesticide related problems could be avoided. Given the food security needs of the rapidly expanding world human population, a safe and a productive agriculture are vital for the future. 

Livestock and climate change from global food security perspectives... 

Lai R. Soil Carbon Sequestration Impacts on Global Climate Change and Food Security. Science. 2004 304 1623-1627. DOI 10.1126/science.l097396... 

El-Hage Scialabba, N and Hattam, C (2002) Organic Agriculture, Environment and Food Security, Environment and Natural Resources Series 4. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome, 252 pp. 

Aquaculture Diversification Food security Recycling farm wastes Palaniappan et al. (2009)... 

Urban agriculture Local agriculture Food security Lower prices Less environmental footprint Less transportation Local production and use Mitigates climate change Recycles wastes Provides employment De Bon et al. (2009) Miah and Hussein (2009)... 

Bolton HJ, Elliot HLF, Papendick RI, Hezdicek DF (1985) Soil microbial biomass and selected soil enzyme activity effect of fertilization and cropping practices. Soil Biol Biochem 17 297-302 Brandt K (2007) Organic agriculture and food utilization. Proceedings of the International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security 3-5 May 2007, FAO, Italy pp 2-30... 

Nutritional problem is the key issue along with food security in Bangladesh today. A small percentage of the people have access to nutritious food, whilst the majority is forced to survive on subsistence diets that are unbalanced and devoid of essential food ingredients (MoA-UNPD 2000). Generally, landless and marginal farmers are at... 

Bashar MA (1999) Homestead agroforestry Impact on biodiversity conservation and household food security. A case study of Gazipur District, Bangladesh. A master of science dissertation, Agricultural University of Norway... 

Overcultivation Syndrome Overcultivation of marginal land Destabilization of ecosystems, loss of biodiversity, soil degradation, desertification, threats to food security, marginalization, rural exodus... 

Overexploitation Syndrome Overexploitation of natural ecosystem Biodiversity loss, climate change, fresh water scarcity, soil erosion, increasing incidence of natural disaster, threats to food security... 

Core problems Climate change Loss of biodiversity Soil degradation Scarcity and pollution of freshwater i Threats to world health Threats to food security Population growth and distribution Man-made disasters Over exploitation and pollution of the world s oceans Global disparities in development... 

RoslingH. 1987. Cassava toxicity and food security. Prepared for UNICEF African Household Food Security Program, lsted. Uppsala, Sweden Tryck kontakt. 1-40. 

The scientific content of green chemistry can be easily taken for the aims of IGN, whose main research topics are energy, green manufacture, life-cycle analysis, pollution prevention, food security, and chemical resources management. 

Charles H, Godfray J, Beddington JR et al (2010) Food security The challenge of feeding 9 billion people. Science 327 812-818... 

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