GEOG 410 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Political Ecology, Food Policy, Economic Inequality
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Placing food systems in first world political ecology: a review and research. Maintain a critical approach to political ecology (more of a first world kind of view) The future of the global food system (by j. godfray et. There is lacking awareness to the food policy system as most people see it as being resolved (since food is so cheap) How the population is structured, how big it is, literacy rates and such would all affect the food system. I. e. reduced literacy rates lead to food insecurity. The authors argue that we should attempt to make future projections. Wanted to adopt a "medium fertility" assumption --> when you assume the fertility rate (which would indicate global population reaching over 9 billion in 2050) This would lead to a rise in food demand. Also leads to a rise in capita consumption.
