Contingency Planning: Trade's Role in Sustainable World Food Security
C. Hausmann,S. Patrick +1 more
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The cereal and oilseed trade is a necessary contingency for assuring world food security as we restore ecological health to the planet as mentioned in this paper, and trade's role will grow to guide producers and consumers in their choices and facilitate optimal use of natural resources.About:
This article is published in Aquatic Procedia.The article was published on 2013-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 34 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Food security & Trade barrier.read more
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Potential of Microalgae Carotenoids for Industrial Application
Eleane A. Cezare-Gomes,Lauris del Carmen Mejia-da-Silva,Lina S. Perez-Mora,Marcelo Chuei Matsudo,Lívia S. Ferreira-Camargo,Anil Kumar Singh,João Carlos Monteiro de Carvalho +6 more
TL;DR: The different operating systems applied to these photosynthetic cultivations are critically discussed, and conclusions and perspectives are made concerning the best operating system for acquiring high cell densities and, consequently, high carotenoid accumulation.
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The role of microorganisms in achieving the sustainable development goals
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the integration of microbial technology for the achievement of sustainable development goals is put forth, where the scope of the use of microorganisms, points of their control, methods for their better utilization and the role of education in achieving these targets are discussed.
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Impact of environment on people's everyday experiences in Stockholm
TL;DR: In order to construct urban environments that limit negative impacts for global sustainability while supporting human wellbeing, there is a need to better understand how features of the environment can be exploited.
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Brain renin-angiotensin system in the pathophysiology of cardiovascular diseases.
TL;DR: This review focuses on the brain angiotensin peptides, their interactions with each other, and the consequences in the central nervous system (CNS) concerning cardiovascular control.
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Large-scale demonstration of precise demand response provided by residential heat pumps
TL;DR: In this article, a large-scale demand response demonstration involving a population of more than 300 residential buildings with heat pumps is presented, and the results of various experiments illustrate that load reductions of 40-65% of the total load can be achieved by throttling the heat pumps, and that these load reductions can be delivered precisely with a median absolute percentage error of below 7%.
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Water for Food Water for Life : A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture
TL;DR: Molden et al. as discussed by the authors presented a comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture, focusing on water for food, water for life, and water for the future of agriculture.
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The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a grid-based dynamic water balance model to estimate the green, blue and grey water footprint of global crop production in a spatially-explicit way for the period 1996-2005.
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Rising Global Interest in Farmland: Can It Yield Sustainable and Equitable Benefits?
TL;DR: The lack of reliable information has made it difficult to understand what has been actually happening as discussed by the authors, which has raised serious concerns about the danger of neglecting local rights and other problems.
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Virtual Water: A Strategic Resource Global Solutions to Regional Deficits
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Water saving through international trade of agricultural products
Ashok Chapagain,Ashok Chapagain,Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra,Hubert H. G. Savenije,Hubert H. G. Savenije +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the consequences of international virtual water flows on the global and national water budgets and showed that the total amount of water required in the importing countries if all imported agricultural products would have been produced domestically is 1605 Gm3/yr.
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