Sustainability and Food
Sustainability and Food
Table of Contents
Page No
1. Introduction 2
2. Objectives 2
3. Ecological balance 3
4.1 Animal welfare 3
4.2 Vegetarianism 4
4.3 Over-fishing 5
4. Food miles 5
4.1 Carbon label 6
5. Future research 7
6. Conclusion 8
7. References 8
Sustainability and Food
1. Introduction
The global food crisis is looming large and food situation in the world is becoming precarious. Providing food for millions in the poor countries of Asia and Africa has become a challenge. Apart from the droughts and floods caused by deforestation and global warming, converting the agricultural lands with water sources for industrial or real estate purposes and using agricultural lands for cultivation of plants like Jatropha for production of biodiesel and sugarcane for ethanol have considerably increased the cost of foodstuff worldwide. Krugman, P. (2011) states that while several factors have contributed to soaring food prices, what really stands out is the extent to which severe weather events have disrupted agricultural production. And these severe weather events are exactly the kind of thing we’d expect to see as rising concentrations of greenhouse gases change our climate — which means that the current food price surge may be just the beginning. 2. Objectives
The Sustainable Development according Bruntland (1987) means “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” (The World Bank Group, 2001) This paper seeks to study and analyze the issues related to the following questions in the backdrop of sustainable development:
* What are the measures needed to be taken to ensure ecological balance and animal welfare? * To what extent the international efforts with regard carbon footprint of food we eat are effective in
Table of Contents
Page No
1. Introduction 2
2. Objectives 2
3. Ecological balance 3
4.1 Animal welfare 3
4.2 Vegetarianism 4
4.3 Over-fishing 5
4. Food miles 5
4.1 Carbon label 6
5. Future research 7
6. Conclusion 8
7. References 8
Sustainability and Food
1. Introduction
The global food crisis is looming large and food situation in the world is becoming precarious. Providing food for millions in the poor countries of Asia and Africa has become a challenge. Apart from the droughts and floods caused by deforestation and global warming, converting the agricultural lands with water sources for industrial or real estate purposes and using agricultural lands for cultivation of plants like Jatropha for production of biodiesel and sugarcane for ethanol have considerably increased the cost of foodstuff worldwide. Krugman, P. (2011) states that while several factors have contributed to soaring food prices, what really stands out is the extent to which severe weather events have disrupted agricultural production. And these severe weather events are exactly the kind of thing we’d expect to see as rising concentrations of greenhouse gases change our climate — which means that the current food price surge may be just the beginning. 2. Objectives
The Sustainable Development according Bruntland (1987) means “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” (The World Bank Group, 2001) This paper seeks to study and analyze the issues related to the following questions in the backdrop of sustainable development:
* What are the measures needed to be taken to ensure ecological balance and animal welfare? * To what extent the international efforts with regard carbon footprint of food we eat are effective in
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