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What We Eat

What We Eat

Food Security Among Increasing Climate Disasters

ByAustin MardonJonathan Wiebe

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Every day humans eat. We rely on food for survival and for comfort; to bring us together and closer as a species. Food production, including harvesting, yielding, importing, and exporting crops, occurs around the world and most nations are dependent on this globalized process. In the modern world, food security is often an afterthought, but what happens when this security turns to scarcity? An increase in the number of natural disasters is predicted to be highly impactful on our species, especially on our agricultural sectors. In twelve chapters, this book identifies and profiles the potential risks and solutions to food security issues among climate disasters. In particular, this book looks at the impact an increased amount of floods and wildfires has on agricultural yields, how climate change has increased pests and affected agriculture’s resistance to disease, various farming strategies from fire and flood proofing to vertical urban farming to shelter beds, cover crops and irrigation management. This book addresses what you’re eating, what you could be eating, as what you may be unintentionally eating and the actions being taken by world governments to help fight food insecurity.

Details

Publication Date
Jan 24, 2023
Language
English
ISBN
9781773698786
Category
Science & Medicine
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Austin Mardon, By (author): Jonathan Wiebe, By (author): Kanish Baskaran, By (author): Katerina Bavaro, By (author): Maria Ashraf, By (author): Megan Ng, By (author): Mehvish Masood, By (author): Michael Tang, By (author): Mohathir Sheikh, By (author): Mya George, By (author): Rokya Harun, By (author): Tenzin Yehshopa, By (author): Zackery Plaxton, Edited by: Catherine Mardon

Specifications

Pages
178
Binding Type
Paperback Perfect Bound
Interior Color
Black & White
Dimensions
US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)

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