Essays on Food Security

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Significance p. 4 Trend Drivers and Patterns p. 5 Impact on the Hospitality Industry p. 7 Subway: A Case Study p. 7 Impact on Future Professional Development p. 9 Conclusion p. 10 References p. 11 Chemicals in the food chain and the relevance to the hospitality industry. 1.0 Introduction: In the past, the process of a food chain was simple; foods were eaten as they were produces due to lack of preservation techniques. While it was considered to be important, food was categorized as just a commodity (Gauther, 2012). As industrialization increased, farmers became more distant from consumers and ...

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The development of the human society depends so much on the interaction of the members of the society. The people living in the same society share most of the characteristics because their forms of interaction are defined by the conditions of the environment in which they live (Tignor et al. 288). Most of the social problems that face members of the same society contribute to the history of the society. Additionally, the development of the human societies faces the effects of their interaction. Consider for example societies whose members have been together for almost their entire life. Such members ...

Introduction

Climate change is a major environmental problem, causing concern to various corners of our ecosystem. It is a result of global warming, environmental pollution and inefficient use of our natural resources. Climate change has affected almost all living organisms, including plants, animals, microorganisms and undoubtedly, man. It poses a serious threat to our ecosystem and is listed as a major concern in the Grand Challenges of the U.N. for Millennium Development and Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Garrett 490). A wide variety of its implications, have made climate change, an important topic for researchers. There has been more awareness among researchers ...

Overview

Technology has both positive and negative implications on the lives of the people. The proliferation and advancement of technology tools have enormous effects on the lives of the people with respect to the odds of space and time thereby influencing the nature of social interactions. In particular, the technological advancements have direct effects on social evolution and social interaction across the globe, especially on the internet. The relationship between technology and social development results in the new realities of the individuals and the society. In particular, the relation between the society and technology encompasses the social networks sites, modern ...

The demographic transition model and how it was developed by the demographers

Demographic transition is a model describing change in population over a particular period and it is based on two demographic characteristics; birth rates and death rates. The model was developed by Warren Thomson, an American demographer, after observing experimented changes of various countries’ birth rates and death rates over the last two decades (Wilson, 2007).

Four phases of demographic transition model

The four phases of demographic transition are; pre-transition, early transition, late transition, and post transition. During the pre-transition phase, population growth is described to be low. Crude death rates are higher than crude birth rates and so population is declining. During the early transition ...

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One of the UN global compact issues is sustainable food growth to ensure food security for all human population. The issue of food security is prevalent in several parts of the world with Africa being the worst hit (Williams and Oliver 755). A great percentage of the African population is unable to feed themselves despite the continent being largely agricultural. According to Food and Agricultural Organisation, FAO, which is a constituent of the UN, as of 2015, more than 239 million Africans were faced with hunger with the figures expected to rise in the future. The UN categorises food ...

Introduction

Global warming is defined as “the rise in the average temperature of the Earth’s climate system and its effects” (Gills, 2015). There are various strands of scientific evidence that reveals that the climate system of the earth is indeed warming. Today, the scientific comprehension of global warming is expanding. A substantial amount of research has been done on the matter. However, there is still a debate going on about global warming. One side emphasizes the cause of global warming as human or anthropogenic activities, and that there is a need to mitigate the effects of global warming – that ...

World Affairs: The United Nations

Introduction The United Nations (UN) was established as an international organization on 24 October 1945 having several functions. The UN operations and membership are both extended worldwide. UN headquarters is in New York City and has other regional offices in Geneva, Vienna, and Nairobi. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish are the official languages of the member countries. The UN's predecessor was the League of Nations that kept peace and cooperation between the nations of the world. The organization gets its finance from member states voluntary contributions, and it has six fundamental bodies. The General Assembly as the ...

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Introduction Wheat (Triticum sp.), an extensively adapted crop, is one of the primitive and primary staple food crops in the world. Wheat is cultivated from temperate; dry to irrigated or rain-fed areas, to warm, humid or cold conditions. Such a high adaptability is attributed to its intricate genome (Acevedo et al., 2002). Wheat cultivation covers more land area compared to other commercial crops and endures to be an essential food grain for humans (Curtis, 2002). Estimations reveal that by 2050, the population of the world will reach 9.1 billion (34 percent greater than today); correspondingly, the food requirement and ...

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After the 9/11 event agro-terrorism has continually been recognized as a national security threat. It aims at depriving citizens off the confidence they have in the government. The act also endangers human life as the contaminated food is unhealthy. Agriculture has much vulnerability and although it does not have the shocking factors as other terrorist strategies it may be used as a secondary target. The US not having been a victim of a large-scale, successful agro-terrorism attack is not a guarantee that the nation’s agricultural and food processing systems are secure. Many policies have been implemented and initiatives ...

Question 1: Definition of Environmental Sustainability

The aspect of sustainability entails the ability to carry on a defined practice or behavior for an indefinite period. Sustainability is an emerging concept that is often associated with the environment. According to the United Nations, the sustainability of the environment entails the development that satisfies the requirements of the current population without interfering with the interests of the future generations. Most environmental organizations such as the National Environmental Health Commission (NEHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concur with the definition provided by the United Nations. However, EPA’s definition includes the need to identify the benefits and ...

Introduction

The report focuses on the future development of agriculture in India. The lack of education, disproportionate workforce in agriculture and other non-farming industries, low productive and virtually no development strategy significantly affect and hinder general development. The problem of food produce is among the most burning due to the forecast that world population will increase to almost 10 billion people by 2060. The amount of food present today will be unable to satisfy the needs of everyone on this planet. Therefore food production must increase by 70%. In order to achieve this goal the only viable solution is seen ...

Introduction

Much recent publicity surrounding climate change has focused mostly on global warming, but little direct correlation has been given in the media with regard to the impacts that environmental pollution has on climate change, and also on human health. Although studies of pollution and the environment have been carried out since the time of the Industrial Revolution, it only relatively recently that attempts to measure environmental on a global scale have been undertaken. Environmental pollution is a major cause of global concern, not only for the effects that it has on the physical environments, but also for its potential ...

Climate Change and Food Security

According to article ‘Climate Change and Food Security’ climate change is considered as only one of the many changes which are currently affecting the food systems globally. The article goes ahead to state that the impact of climate change is also relative depending on different locations and also in the societies around the different places. The adaptations of the food systems can only happen through deliberate interventions at several levels ranging from the availability of the food, access to the food from the people and utilization of this food. The feedback of these interventions in relation to the systems ...

What Is Food Security?

Various organizations define food insecurity differently while explaining the same phenomenon. According to The World Food Summit held in October 1996, “Food security exist when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy lifestyle” (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001, p. 4). It is important to note that the foregoing definition of food security focuses on the availability of food for everyone. This focus is because more people shifted from subsistence farming in favor of ...

Thesis: Modern Biotechnology can be harnessed to improve the global economic welfare in such fields as agricultural production, improvement of production processes and biomedical research.

Introduction

Biotechnology, in its simplest form, can be defined as the type of technologies that are based on biology. In its umbrella meaning, the term refers to the use of cellular and molecular innovations to solve such world problems like food security, development of treatment for illnesses and conducting research with an aim of improving manufacturing processes. Sometimes, biotechnology is used to provide solutions like replacement of energy that is produced using processes that push ...

Introduction

Biotechnology refers to a group of technologies that share two common characteristics namely, having a wide range of practical uses to improve human lives and working with cells and their molecules. A more detailed definition refers to biotechnology as the technical use of living creatures on the molecular or cellular level to obtain beneficial results. Traditionally biotechnology has been used in the commercial production of bread, brewing alcoholic beverages, as well as in the breeding of domestic animals and food crops. In many cases, biotechnology leads to development of numerous industries-forensics, pharmaceuticals, medicine, textile industries among others. Biotechnology also ...

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Research Question- Why is it a problem if the earth’s average temperature gets a little warmer?

1.1 Results The average rising temperature can have vast impacts only by slight increase. The vast impact the average temperature can have can be shown with the average temperature in the last ice age, when the average temperatures were only around 5 degrees Celsius lower than today’s average temperatures. From the Figure 1 it is seen that the global average temperature, which combines the surface and ocean temperature have been on the rise and have reached the highest levels in the ...

1. Introduction Agriculture is an important area of policy development in the EU. There are 500 million people residing in the EU (European Commission, “Agriculture”). Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) expresses the EU’s agricultural strategies and plans for all member states. CAP is one of the oldest EU policies. Revision of the CAP occurs periodically to accommodate emerging issues affecting all member states or specific to one or some member states. Spain protects its interests as a major agricultural producer by influencing the EU’s agricultural policy. Agriculture is a key sector in Spain. The agricultural sector contributes 3.4% ...

Global issue: Food insecurity

Today, the world suffers from numerous issues; from the security of life and property to the security of food and water. With the gradual but persistent rise in global temperatures, food and water resources in certain parts of the world are getting scarce and hard to conserve. This is problematic as with the passage of time; these resources are bound to get scarcer and lesser in amount. Moreover, poverty is another factor which makes it difficult for masses to get hold of nutritious and abundant food resources. When the factors of money and lack of resources are combined together, ...

Introduction

The concept of economic development has received tremendous changes since the pre-colonial era, a feature that seeks government intervention to enhance growth. These changes have an implication on the role of the government in developing effective programs to enhance economic development in a state. Economic growth prospects are achieved through efficient allocation of resources, which are the main factors that steer production by moving a country from low productivity to high productivity. However, the desire to experience rapid economic development goals is often hampered by existence of rigidities, which are either in technological or institutional forms. Therefore, the sector ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), food security is a condition that is only achieved when the members of a household can access adequate resources to attain sufficient nutrition from safe foods and water. According to the Food Research and Action Center, a total of 17% of USA households accepted that they experience struggles when it comes food acquisition and is referred to as food hardships. Despite the efforts of the economy to repair the impacts of the Great Recession, it is explicitly clear that some Americans are left behind. The increasing hardships when it comes to food ...

1.0 Introduction KFC, the world’s largest fried chicken chain restaurants, was started in 1952 by Harland Sanders, under the name Kentucky Fried Chicken though the idea was first discovered in 1930 when Sanders started to sell fried chicken to visitors in Corbin Kentucky. It is the second largest restaurant chain, with about 1800 locations, with over 3000 stores in China, and a revenue of about $ 15 billion, McDonald’s is the first (Hu & Xie, 2013). In 1939, Sanders came up with an original recipe for fried chicken incorporating 11 spices that are kept at the Company's headquarters in ...

Agriculture is a major part of the United States economy. To increase food abundance, the United States has incorporated various biological and mechanical technologies and innovations. Some of this innovations include genetic engineering and green revolution. Genetic engineering popularly referred to just GE is the biological modification of an animal or plant genetic composition through artificial means. Genetic engineering mostly involves transfer of genes or specific characteristics from one plant or animal into another entirely different plant or animal. Green revolution on the other hand is the increase in capacity to produce food through use agricultural research, development and ...

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The article by Lobell and his associates focuses on the investments that are made to ensure food security due to the threat of global warming. Moreover, the projections about the climate of the world in 2030 are taken into consideration. The needed adaptations are discussed in the course of the writing to shed light on the importance of taking action with utmost immediacy. The article by Schmidhuber and Tubiello goes on to delve deep into the four main factors (availability, stability, utilization, and access) that are associated with food security. There is a qualitative discussion of the negative impact ...

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Ethics is a theory of moral values that deals with right or wrong. More so, ethics is a collective moral obligation that guides organizations in all industries as well as persons in the performance of their duties as explained by Shaw (2008). As such, there are different categories of ethics such as leadership ethics, employees’ ethics, and organizational culture ethics among others. In this paper, there will be an analysis of the article, The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food, by Michael Moss. Therein, the study will highlight ethical issues discussed in the article. Afterward, it will illustrate the ...

Food deserts are those areas within cities where the local population has no or little access to fresh fruits and healthy vegetables. There is evidence that the food desert areas are more prevalent in the lower income neighborhoods. Lack of healthy foods leads to obesity and health ailments such as heart disease and diabetes. It is also seen that the neighborhoods with low-income are mostly African American. The essay discusses the Food deserts, what they mean and who is affected and how. Research works on food deserts in Baltimore city are looked into and how a lack of nutritious ...

Canada and Vietnam have been trading partners since time immemorial. The first diplomatic relations between the two countries took place in 1973, and an embassy was opened in Hanoi. In addition, the countries also opened a Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City by mutual consent in 1997 (Government of Canada, 2014). In 1954, Vietnams quit from the International Commission for Supervision and control due to resentments with France. Canada remained a member for over twenty years. The Embassy of Canada is located in Hanoi in Vietnam. On the other hand, the Embassy of Vietnam and a trade office ...

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Recent history, more so, the frequency of economic downturns over the past few decades, has championed the fact that college education is indeed a necessity towards social as well as economic advancement (Hughes, Serebryanikova, Donaldson &Leveritt, 2011). As more people focus on attaining college education, there are challenges that come to light. One of the most prevalent challenge being scarcity of economic means towards establishing direction towards setting out a brighter future path to greater success and opportunity for those from needy family backgrounds (Rondeau, 2007). Without a doubt, tuition fees present needy college students with the largest expense. ...