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Taxonomy Archive: Food security
20 Apr 2018 |
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African lessons on climate change risks for agriculture
Climate change impact assessments on agriculture are subject to large uncertainties, as demonstrated in the present review of recent studies for Africa. There are multiple reasons for differences in projections, including uncertainties in greenhouse gas emissions and patterns of climate change; assumptions on future management, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Biological diversity and public health
In the wake of a species extinction event unprecedented in human history, how the variety, distribution, and abundance of life on earth may influence health has gained credence as a worthy subject for research and study at schools of public health and for consideration among policy makers. This article reviews a few of the principal ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change adaptation at the intersection of food and health
Nutritious, safe, affordable, and enjoyable food is a fundamental prerequisite for health. As a nation, Australia is currently classified as food secure with the domestic production exceeding domestic consumption of most major food groups. The domestic system is almost self-sufficient in terms of nutritious plant foods, although ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change and Australian agriculture: a review of the threats facing rural communities and the health policy landscape
Population health is a function of social and environmental health determinants. Climate change is predicted to bring significant alterations to ecological systems on which human health and livelihoods depend; the air, water, plant, and animal health. Agricultural systems are intrinsically linked with environmental conditions, which ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change and food security: health impacts in developed countries
BACKGROUND: Anthropogenic climate change will affect global food production, with uncertain consequences for human health in developed countries. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the potential impact of climate change on food security (nutrition and food safety) and the implications for human health in developed countries. METHODS: Expert ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Meat is a complex health issue but a simple climate one: the world needs to eat less of it
The recent Lancet Commission report rightly pointed out that climate change is a huge risk to global public health. But it shied away from one of the main issues: the world consumes far too much meat.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change and human health: a One Health approach
Climate change adds complexity and uncertainty to human health issues such as emerging infectious diseases, food security, and national sustainability planning that intensify the importance of interdisciplinary and collaborative research. Collaboration between veterinary, medical, and public health professionals to understand the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change impacts on global food security
Climate change could potentially interrupt progress toward a world without hunger. A robust and coherent global pattern is discernible of the impacts of climate change on crop productivity that could have consequences for food availability. The stability of whole food systems may be at risk under climate change because of short-term ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change, noncommunicable diseases, and development: the relationships and common policy opportunities
The rapid growth in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including injury and poor mental health, in low- and middle-income countries and the widening social gradients in NCDs within most countries worldwide pose major challenges to health and social systems and to development more generally. As Earth’s surface temperature rises, a ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Food security and climate change: A report by the High Level Panel of Experts of Food Security and Nutrition
We have interpreted this charge to develop a document for national and international policymakers, the private sector and civil society that reports on the following: – The current and future challenges to food security from the physical effects of climate change – changes in temperature and precipitation means and ...