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Food Security, Food Prices and Climate Variability book cover

1st Edition

Food Security, Food Prices and Climate Variability

By Molly Brown Copyright 2014
228 Pages 24 Color & 63 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 24 Color & 63 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 24 Color & 63 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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... Read more

1. Food Security, Food Prices and Climate Variability  

2. Food Security and Monitoring Systems 

3. Climate Variability, Agriculture and Remote Sensing 

4. Trends in National Food Security and the Impact of Climate 

5. Markets and Determinants of Food Prices 

6. Food Prices and Seasonality 

7. Modeling the Impact of Climate Variability on Local Food Prices 

8. Environmental and Nutrition Outcomes 

9. Policy Implications of Price Dynamics and the Way Forward

Biography

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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