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Molly E. Brown

Food Security, Food Prices and Climate Variability

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The agriculture system is under pressure to increase production every year as global population expands and more people move from a diet mostly made up of grains, to one with more meat, dairy and processed foods. This book uses a decade of primary research to examine how weather and climate, as measured by variations in the growing season using satellite remote sensing, has affected agricultural production, food prices and access to food in food-insecure regions of the world. The author reviews environmental, economics and multidisciplinary research to describe the connection between global environmental change, changing weather conditions a… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-135-09633-5
  • EAN: 9781135096335
  • Produktnummer: 16996436
  • Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
  • Seitenangabe: 228 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 5'481 KB
  • Abbildungen: 63 schwarz-weiße und 24 farbige Abbildungen, 24 farbige Fotos, 44 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 19 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor


Molly E. Brown is a research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center based in Maryland, USA. She has a BS in biology, and an MA and PhD in Geography. Her research interests include understanding the effect of environmental variability on food prices and market functioning, and the use of satellite remote sensing for decision-making.

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