current State and Future Potential of Global Food Production and Consumption

Heumesser, Christine; Thaler, Simon; Schönhart, Martin; Schmid, Erwin

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“…This could adversely affect agricultural production through reducing crop yields and increasing risks of food insecurity and income stability for the rural population worldwide (Lobell and Gourdji ; Heumesser et al . ; Lipper et al . ).…”

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Impact of foreign direct investment on greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture of developing countries

Kastratović

2019

Aus J Agri & Res Econ

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This research analyses the impact of foreign direct investment on greenhouse gas emissions in the agriculture sector of developing countries. Panel data from 63 developing countries for the period 2005 to 2014 was used to estimate a dynamic econometric model by applying a system‐generalised method of moments. The empirical results indicate a positive impact of foreign direct investment in agriculture on the carbon dioxide equivalent emission intensity in developing countries. The results provide weak support for the pollution havens hypothesis and imply the importance of coordination between foreign direct investment and environmental policies.

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Impact of foreign direct investment on greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture of developing countries

Kastratović

2019

Aus J Agri & Res Econ

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“…The competition for food is a major concern, as well as ongoing climate change, land degradation and water deficiency for creating sustainable food production systems (Heumesser et al 2013). The growth in food demand will mainly occur in developing countries that have already faced many food safety challenges.…”

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Locusta migratoria extruded meal in young steers diet: evaluation of growth performance, blood indices and meat traits of Calves Kasakh white-headed breed

Горлов

Slozhenkina

Mosolova

et al. 2020

Journal of Applied Animal Research

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The article presented the data that confirm the efficiency of the extruded Locusta migratoria (ELM) meal used in feeding steers. The experiment was based on collecting locust, feeding steers and calculation of economic efficiency. One hundred steers of Kasakh white-headed breed were equally divided to 2 treatment groups, and fed either a basal ration (BR, Control group), or a ration containing complete feed supplemented with ELM at 10% (Test group). In the population under study, the live weight dynamics was observed, and the physiological state and haematological status were controlled. The steers' meat productivity and meat quality were studied on the results of the control slaughter. Partial replacement of the feed with locust reduced the feed costs and contributed to an increase in profits per animal in Test group compared to the control animals, as well as in the beef production profitability.

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“…Moreover, there is a significant difference in crop yields between irrigated and rain-fed agriculture. In developing countries, grain yields from rain-fed agriculture are 1.5 t/ha compared to 3.1 t/ha from irrigated agriculture on average [26] cited in [9]. Hence, due attention will have to be given to better management of water resources in both irrigated and rain-fed agriculture.…”

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“…To increase water-use efficiency, several practices can be adopted. Water-saving techniques, advances in irrigation technology (e.g., drip irrigation) and management, leaving crop residues on the soil surface and planting cover crops and adequate tillage practices are considered as potential measures to improve water use efficiency and adapt to climate change impacts [9] [28]- [30]. However, with the limited and shrinking water availability, the increasing water requirement, due to expansion of irrigable lands as a result of growing population and food demand, cannot be reversed by improving the water use efficiency only.…”

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“…Approximately 40% of the world's food comes from 17% of the world's cropland that is irrigated which consumes more than two-third of the world's developed water supplies [5]- [8]. The increase in population and the food demand as well as the changing consumption patterns toward a higher nutrition will be posing challenges to agricultural production [9]. A FAO analysis [10] of 93 developing countries expects agricultural production to increase over the period 1998-2030 by 49% in rain fed systems and by 81% in irrigated systems.…”

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The Need for Agricultural Water Management in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gebrehiwot¹,

Gebrewahid²

2016

JWARP

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This paper discusses the current and future conditions that affect water resources and the constraints of water (agricultural) management in sub-Saharan Africa and suggests remedial measures to be considered by policy makers. The pressure on the quantity and quality of water resources is rising in sub-Saharan Africa due to the increased demand of water for agriculture and other purposes as a result of increase in population and food demand. The availability of water is also under threat from changing climate and as a result, water scarcity is expected in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. On the other hand, the availability of water for agriculture is expected to further shrink due to the increasing demand of water for other purposes like industry, manufacturing and environmental requirement. The current poor efficiency rate of irrigation systems and massive expansion of irrigated area is expected to further exacerbate the water scarcity. Hence, a water management policy focused on maximization of water use efficiency and water productivity should be prioritized in order to meet the food demand of the growing population and cope with water scarcity problems. Engineering and management intervention integrated with strong society awareness and participation is considered very crucial in enhancing water use efficiency and crop water productivity.

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current State and Future Potential of Global Food Production and Consumption

Cited by 3 publications

References 59 publications

Impact of foreign direct investment on greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture of developing countries

Impact of foreign direct investment on greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture of developing countries

Locusta migratoria extruded meal in young steers diet: evaluation of growth performance, blood indices and meat traits of Calves Kasakh white-headed breed

The Need for Agricultural Water Management in Sub-Saharan Africa

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