Food Resources
Fish & Shellshish
Aquaculture
shellfish
seaweeds
Fish farming
by catch
fishery collapse
3rd major food source
Intergrated Pest Management(IPM)
Effects
Higher yields
lower pesticide use
Minimize pesticide inputs
GMOs
-ves
regulation
biodiversity
human safety
+ves
Increased profits
Better quality
Increased yields
Causes of Malnourishment
Diverted
Biofuels
Animal farming
Politics
Poor governance
War refugees
Poverty
Starvation
Lack of resources
CAFO's
(concentrated animall feeding operations)
Alternatives
free range
more land
less antibiotics
more sustainable
less disease
Cage free
runoff can contaminate water resources
Waste 2000 tons
Antibiotic
-resistence?
High density farming
-ethical?
Alternative Farming
Desertification
shifting agriculture
nomadic grazing
low pop. and subsistence farming
Contour Plowing
Subtopic
Agroforestry
Crop Rotation
Intercropping
Green Revolution
Irrigation system
salinization/ salt intrusion
waterlogging
deplete groundwater& aquifers
allowed farming in areas
not adequate before
Monocropping
Pesticides
causes a cyclical effect
selective
broad-spectrum
herbicides
insecticides
Fertilizers
synthetic
use fossil fuels and are more likely to carried by runoff.
organic
Machinery
Nutritional Needs
Food Security
access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food & diet meets needs for healthy lifestyle.
Insecurity: do not have adequate access to food.
WHO
anemia
famine
3 billion malnourished