World food supply problem

Biofuel Impacts on World Food Supply:

The rapidly growing world population and rising consumption of biofuels are increasing demand for both food and biofuels. This exaggerates both food and fuel shortages. Using food crops such as corn grain to produce ethanol raises major nutritional and ethical concerns. Nearly 60% of humans in the world are currently malnourished, so the need for grains and other basic foods is critical. Growin...

Methane Emission Reduction and World Food Supply

Cereals, the world food problem and UK self-sufficiency.

In the United States, 91% of the maize, 64% of the barley and 88% of the oat crop is fed to animals. If all the cereals fed to animals in that country were available for human beings, it would be sufficient to feed not only the people of India, as stated in a recent publication (Ulbricht, 1976a), but in fact the whole of India and China. I am citing this fact not to suggest that US cereals coul...

The global food supply.

There is currently a wide divergence of opinion as to whether in the year 2000 there will be sufficient food supplies to feed a prospective world population of 7 billion. The pessimists warn that even before that time there may be widespread outbreaks of famine, complete exhaustion of our natural resources, a hopelessly deteriorated physical environment, and a world ruled by virtual chaos. The ...

World food summit.

The low molecular weight heparins (LMWHs) represent a group of antithrombotic and anticoagulant drugs which were initially developed for the prophylaxis of surgical thrombosis some 20 years ago. Today these drugs are used in expanded indication including venous thrombosis, cardiovascular disorders, thrombotic and ischemic strokes, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. Because of the polytherap...