INTS100 Lecture 12: WEEK 12 - food
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Required reading: sernau, ecology: how much can one planet take? , in introduction to. 323-334 only; and: manning the oil we eat , harper"s magazine (2004) available through. The world produces enough food to feed everyone. World agriculture produces 17 percent more calories per person than it did 30 years ago, despite a 70 percent population increase. This is enough to provide everyone in the world with at least 2,720 kcal per person per day". The principal problem is that many people in the world do not have sufficient land to grow, or income to purchase, enough food. The principal problem with food is that many people i the world do not have sufficient land to grow, or income to purchase, enough of it. Food security and food sovereignty: food security is about having enough nutritious food for daily caloric requirements, food sovereignty is about the democratic control over food production.
