Food Security; How Global warming, water and other crisis affect Food Security Main Document Food security is defined as the availability of food and one’s access to it. A household is considered food secure when its occupants do not live in hunger or fear of starvation. Stages of food insecurity range from food secure situations …
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Modern Agri-Technology in Farming
Innovation is more important in modern agriculture than ever before. The industry as a whole is facing huge challenges, from rising costs of supplies, a shortage of labor, and changes in consumer preferences for transparency and sustainability.
Amazan fires: What’s Agriculture Got to Do with It?
The climate change situation has turned the collective environmentalist stare toward the Amazon forest, where thousands of fires continue to burn the forest, blackening the skies.
Top 5 Agribusiness Companies
Cargill, USA Revenue: 114.7$US billion Number of Employees: 166,000 Cargill is one of the best agribusiness company in the world. Its is an agricultural and food production giant, responsible for approximately 1/4 of American meat and grain exports. As well as their involvement in every step of the agricultural supply chain, Cargill agribusiness company is an industry leader in animal nutrition …
STEPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD PRODUCTS
Different food products available in markets cames as a result of a careful process of designing and developing products with the goals to fulfill the demand of consumer’s needs. This process of product developments which is one of the important jobs that food scientist do. Steps involved in food product development are: Ideation Prototype creation …
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Types of machinery to increase productivity in Modern Farming
The modern engineering work along with tractors and newly invented machinery has transformed the farming industry into one of efficient and mass production. No longer farming is a small scale production, but rather one that takes place with massive machines over thousands of hectares. This efficiency boost means that the world has access to any …
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Happiness in Growing Mushrooms
When Jerome Segura III leapt from the ivory tower of academia, he didn’t know what would be waiting for him when he hit the ground. The central Wisconsin resident quit his job as chief economist and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 2018 because he was unhappy at work. He figured he …
Farming Hemp begans by thousand farmers this year after 2018 Farm Bill
When the 2018 Farm Bill finally made growing industrial hemp legal, farmers saw an opportunity. Thousands of American farmers across the country began growing hemp cannabis with low or nonexistent levels of the psychoactive THC—seeing a potential windfall of profits. But reports from the first year indicate that hemp may not be the financial savior it …
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CLIMATE RISKS AND FOOD SECURITY ANALYSIS: A SPECIAL REPORT FOR PAKISTAN
Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the impacts of climate change. The risks it faces are compounded by high rates of food and nutrition insecurity. As the climate continues to change, weather patterns grow more erratic and intense climate-related disasters more frequent, rates of food insecurity will rise even higher. …
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4R Implementation for Sustainable Cropping Systems
Production demands, input requirements and environmental impacts taken together mean the risks for making the wrong nutrient use decisions is greater now than ever. When fertilizer BMPs result in increased production and input use efficiency, they also reduce losses to the environment. When making practice selection, the interconnectivity between practices addressing source, rate, time and …
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