Trends in agriculture and food production

Ghana - Country fact sheet on food and agriculture policy trends

Ghana is a middle-income West African country which experienced impressive economic growth from 2005 to 2012. This growth has slowed significantly since 2013 in light of macro-economic challenges, such as high budget deficit and inflation, but is still expected to remain positive, due to the country’s stable democratic institutions and rich natural resources.1 Per capita GDP reached US$ 1 858 i...

Knowing Food and Growing Food: Beyond the Production-Consumption Debate in the Sociology of Agriculture

T his paper examines some recent contributions to the literature on consumption in agro-food studies, with particular attention to the conceptualization of the loci and practice of food politics. The current interest in food consumption and its politics is informed by the earlier 'turn' to culture and the cultural in post-structuralist and post-modernist social theory, which contested the domin...

Food and agriculture Chemicals for agriculture

Agricultural production relies heavily on manmade chemicals used as fertilizers and pesticides, and to regulate plant growth. Pesticides are released intentionally into the environment to control insects, weeds, plant diseases and other pests that affect crop or animal production, as well as to control insects that spread human diseases. Pesticides have a well-established role in agriculture an...

Safety In Food And Agriculture

Another important issue is the influence of pathogens from different animal manure (slurry, farm yard manure etc.) on human health and well-being as a direct or indirect cause of human enteric illness, especially in areas with large livestock operations and/or a direct contact between farm animals and humans, be it the general public or farm workers a transmission of diseases is likely. Less im...

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