B4FA 2012 Tanzania: The challenge of food security and sustainability for 9bn...b4fa
Presentation at the November 2012 dialogue workshop of the Biosciences for Farming in Africa media fellowship programme in Arusha, Tanzania.
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B4FA 2012 Tanzania: The challenge of food security and sustainability for 9bn...b4fa
Presentation at the November 2012 dialogue workshop of the Biosciences for Farming in Africa media fellowship programme in Arusha, Tanzania.
Please see www.b4fa.org for more information
Summary Presentation for World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and ...Earth Policy Institute
At the Earth Policy Institute, we watch a number of indicators, including global food prices, hunger rates, and the number of failing states around the world, to get a sense of how close to the edge our civilization might be. This slideshow presentation, based on Lester Brown’s latest book, World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse, explains the threats facing our civilization and how we got to this point. It also presents a plan for how to get out of this dangerous situation and highlights the progress being made.
Soil, agriculture, and the future of food by Kiersten LippmannKiersten Lippmann
Beautiful, graphic heavy slides to engage students based on Essential Environment by Withgott and Laposota. Slides cover Chapter 7 Soil, agriculture and the future of food
If you were told millions of people across the world are hungry not because we don’t produce enough food, but because we waste food, you’ll probably laugh it off. But then, this is a fact, an inconvenient truth to be precise, that we have long turned blind eye to. In fact, when it comes to food wastage, India is one of the major culprits.
Author : Srimati Radha Duyti d.d.
E-Mail : Radhaduyti@gmail.com
Date Produced : August 7, 2009
Editor : Srimati Vrindavan Lila d.d.
Serial No : 13 of 54
Food loss and waste is a global social, economic and environmental issue. Whether you tend to fill your plate with more food than you need or pick only the perfectly shaped vegetable from the pile, you can make a big difference by changing your food habits a little.
"CAADP: A Model for Development Policy and Partnership in Africa", prepared by Dr. Ousmane Badiane for the CAADP Donors and Partners Meeting, Sept. 6-9, 2009.
Summary Presentation for World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and ...Earth Policy Institute
At the Earth Policy Institute, we watch a number of indicators, including global food prices, hunger rates, and the number of failing states around the world, to get a sense of how close to the edge our civilization might be. This slideshow presentation, based on Lester Brown’s latest book, World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse, explains the threats facing our civilization and how we got to this point. It also presents a plan for how to get out of this dangerous situation and highlights the progress being made.
Soil, agriculture, and the future of food by Kiersten LippmannKiersten Lippmann
Beautiful, graphic heavy slides to engage students based on Essential Environment by Withgott and Laposota. Slides cover Chapter 7 Soil, agriculture and the future of food
If you were told millions of people across the world are hungry not because we don’t produce enough food, but because we waste food, you’ll probably laugh it off. But then, this is a fact, an inconvenient truth to be precise, that we have long turned blind eye to. In fact, when it comes to food wastage, India is one of the major culprits.
Author : Srimati Radha Duyti d.d.
E-Mail : Radhaduyti@gmail.com
Date Produced : August 7, 2009
Editor : Srimati Vrindavan Lila d.d.
Serial No : 13 of 54
Food loss and waste is a global social, economic and environmental issue. Whether you tend to fill your plate with more food than you need or pick only the perfectly shaped vegetable from the pile, you can make a big difference by changing your food habits a little.
"CAADP: A Model for Development Policy and Partnership in Africa", prepared by Dr. Ousmane Badiane for the CAADP Donors and Partners Meeting, Sept. 6-9, 2009.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, promising self-driving cars, medical breakthroughs, and new ways of working. But how do you separate hype from reality? How can your company apply AI to solve real business problems?
Here’s what AI learnings your business should keep in mind for 2017.
Outlined are the positive global effects a vegetarian diet and methods to solve current global issues, such as hunger, pollution, climate change, and health issues.
Conventional vs organic agriculture: Cornelia Harris, Cary Institute of Ecosy...Teaching the Hudson Valley
Part of THV's July 2014 institute, "Farms & Food: Teaching the Hudson Valley from the Ground Up." From a full-day field experience, "Our Ecosystem, Our Health: Exploring the Benefits of School & Community Gardens," in Poughkeepsie, NY. Particpiants visited gardens at Krieger ES, Poughkeepsie HS, and the Poughkeepsie Farm Project with Cornelia Harris, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, and Jamie Levato, education coordinator for the Poughkeepsie Farm Project.
Organic Sustainable Foods: Solutions for Health Crisis & Climate Change John Roulac
Super people deserve super foods. For Nutiva, it starts with organic, non-GMO farming—done without chemical pesticides or fertilizers. Our pure superfoods provide vital nutrition while accelerating the organic food movement.
Serving as catalysts, innovators and pathfinders, we inform and inspire, offering thoughtful solutions to planetary challenges. As these ideas take root, communities everywhere are strengthened. We’re B Corp and Green Business certified, holding ourselves accountable to sustainable principles by reducing our carbon footprint, becoming a zero waste facility, and donating 1 percent of our sales.
Join us in raising the bar for social and environmental responsibility. Together we can ensure a vibrant future by revolutionizing the way the world eats!
Nutiva. Nourishing People & Planet.
The way we eat has a massive impact on the planet. Food production as A huge scale cause many problem to environment and ecosystem, that changing what we consume really can help cut greenhouse gas emissions and limit damage to vulnerable species and environments.
Food (agriculture) production and distribution is estimated to cause approximately 25% of global warming (UN), which is causing drought in many areas. Agriculture uses 80% of the ground and surface water, increasing the water shortage. AgLantis is creating an urban farm right in the middle of heavy industry and will use hydroponic greenhouse production which yields as much as 40 times the produce using 10% of the water. The farm is on unused public buffer land, uses recycled agricultural grade water and is an innovate, replicable solution that dramatically decreases the carbon and water footprint of food production and distribution. Using recycled water high in nitrogen and phosphorus also eliminates the need for fossil fuel based fertilizers. The UN estimates 40% of agriculture is lost from farm-to-mouth. Growing in urban centers dramatically decreases that loss, much of which is due to long distane transportation.
Sustainable Agriculture and the Future of FoodPablo Martin
This slideshow discusses a number of different approaches to sustainable agriculture with a focus on ways to minimize environmental impacts. The influence of Borlaug and Vogt on agriculture are discussed as well.
The interplay of knowledge and natural resources: Ensuring the health, wealth...ILRI
Presented by Jimmy Smith at the Tropentag 2014 Conference on Bridging the gap between
increasing knowledge and decreasing resources, Prague, 17−19 September 2014
Based on The Economics of Kindness,
by Guy Dauncey
300 years ago, the Enlightenment generated an inspiring vision of scientific, technological and economic progress. What was once global ‘progress’, however, has become a climate, ecological, economic and pandemic emergency.
We need new inspiration. When we emerge from the pandemic we can’t afford to go back to business-as-usual. We need to build ourselves a new ecological civilization in which we live, work and play in harmony with Nature, with respect for all beings, in an economy based on the economics of kindness.
The video from my presentation during EarthFest April 2020.
https://youtu.be/ZS6n-pzanpE
A New Ecological Civilization based on The Economics of KindnessGuy Dauncey
300 years ago, the Enlightenment generated an inspiring vision of scientific, technological and economic progress. What was once global ‘progress’, however, has become a climate, ecological, economic and pandemic emergency.
We need new inspiration. When we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic we can’t afford to go back to business-as-usual. We need to build ourselves a new ecological civilization in which we live, work and play in harmony with Nature, with respect for all beings, in an economy based on the economics of kindness.
The Climate Emergency: Art, Agency and ActionGuy Dauncey
My presentation to the Ladysmith Waterfront Gallery at the opening of their special climate exhibition, January 2020.
A powerful set of slides that use art to deliver three key messages:
(1) the climate crisis is very real,
(2) the solutions already exist,
(3) alongside the immediate threats, a positive vision of a better future is needed to motivate people to change.
100% Renewable Energy for BC: The Psycho-Politics of SuccessGuy Dauncey
Presentation to the BCSEA Victoria Chapter, November 17th 2017. What are the emotional, analytical and engagement needs of champions? What are the barriers, and how can they be overcome?
Journey to the Future: An Economy in Harmony with NatureGuy Dauncey
Our political and business leaders tell us that economic growth is the answer to everything, increasing GDP. From Nature’s perspective, however, GDP stands for Gross Depletion of the Planet.
How can we build a new cooperative economy that will enable us to meet our human needs, while restoring ecological integrity, and ensuring that Earth’s eight million other species are able to meet their needs too?
Guy Dauncey’s latest book Journey to the Future: A Better World is Possible offers a compelling vision of a green future where a new cooperative economy is being put in place.
Presented at the SPEC Elders Circle, Vancouver, May 16, 2017.
Journey to the Future: An Economy in Harmony with NatureGuy Dauncey
Our political and business leaders tell us that economic growth is the answer to everything, increasing GDP. From Nature’s perspective, however, GDP stands for Gross Depletion of the Planet.
How can we build a new cooperative economy that will enable us to meet our human needs, while restoring ecological integrity, and ensuring that Earth’s eight million other species are able to meet their needs too?
Guy Dauncey’s new book Journey to the Future: A Better World is Possible offers a compelling vision of a green future where a new cooperative economy is being put in place.
Presented to the SPEC Elders Circle, Vancouver, May 16, 2017.
The Economics of Kindness: The End of Capitalism and the Birth of a New Cooperative Economy.
Today’s economy has become for many a kindness-free zone, in which most of the benefits go to the rich, while others suffer, and nature is assaulted.
Capitalism is based on the competitive pursuit of self- interest, but a new economy is emerging to replace it, based on cooperation and kindness. It is being built in cities and on farms, in new kinds of business and banking, and in new approaches to work.
Guy Dauncey is a futurist who works to develop a positive vision of a sustainable future, and to translate that vision into action. His work has been enthusiastically received by environmental activists, politicians, scientists and community planners, including prominent Canadians such as David Suzuki and Elizabeth May. He is the author of Journey to the Future and The Climate Challenge: 101 Solutions to Global Warming.
The Economics of Kindness: The Birth of a New Cooperative Economy.
Here is the link for Part 2: https://www.slideshare.net/GuyDauncey/the-economics-of-kindness-part-2
Today’s economy has become for many a kindness-free zone, in which most of the benefits go to the rich, while others suffer, and nature is assaulted.
Capitalism is based on the competitive pursuit of self- interest, but a new economy is emerging to replace it, based on cooperation and kindness. It is being built in cities and on farms, in new kinds of business and banking, and in new approaches to work.
Guy Dauncey is a futurist who works to develop a positive vision of a sustainable future, and to translate that vision into action. His work has been enthusiastically received by environmental activists, politicians, scientists and community planners, including prominent Canadians such as David Suzuki and Elizabeth May. He is the author of Journey to the Future and The Climate Challenge: 101 Solutions to Global Warming.
Climate and the Economy - Beauty and the Beast Guy Dauncey
My presentation to the Symposium on Climate and the Economy, organized by the Cowichan Estuary and Conservation Association
- Guy Dauncey
Author of Journey to the Future: A Better World is Possible, and The Climate Challenge: 101 Solutions to Global Warming.
What kind of an economy do we need for a One Planet Region? A presentation by Guy Dauncey, author of Journey to the Future: A Better World is Possible.
There are as many as 25 different forces that combined to drag western civilization out of the feudal age. From private business to central banking, from the scientific method to public heathcare, they combined to bring us the world we have today, and the end of the Holocene Era.
Which of these 25 forces are responsibile for the mess we are in? And how do we change these key components of the economy, locally and globally so that they guide us to the economy we need for a One Planet Region?
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El Puerto de Algeciras continúa un año más como el más eficiente del continente europeo y vuelve a situarse en el “top ten” mundial, según el informe The Container Port Performance Index 2023 (CPPI), elaborado por el Banco Mundial y la consultora S&P Global.
El informe CPPI utiliza dos enfoques metodológicos diferentes para calcular la clasificación del índice: uno administrativo o técnico y otro estadístico, basado en análisis factorial (FA). Según los autores, esta dualidad pretende asegurar una clasificación que refleje con precisión el rendimiento real del puerto, a la vez que sea estadísticamente sólida. En esta edición del informe CPPI 2023, se han empleado los mismos enfoques metodológicos y se ha aplicado un método de agregación de clasificaciones para combinar los resultados de ambos enfoques y obtener una clasificación agregada.
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An astonishing, first-of-its-kind, report by the NYT assessing damage in Ukraine. Even if the war ends tomorrow, in many places there will be nothing to go back to.
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‘वोटर्स विल मस्ट प्रीवेल’ (मतदाताओं को जीतना होगा) अभियान द्वारा जारी हेल्पलाइन नंबर, 4 जून को सुबह 7 बजे से दोपहर 12 बजे तक मतगणना प्रक्रिया में कहीं भी किसी भी तरह के उल्लंघन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए खुला रहेगा।
Here is Gabe Whitley's response to my defamation lawsuit for him calling me a rapist and perjurer in court documents.
You have to read it to believe it, but after you read it, you won't believe it. And I included eight examples of defamatory statements/
25. Chinese people who eat American-style fast food four
or more times a week are nearly twice as likely to die of
cardiac illness than those who eat no fast food.
26.
27. Food grown using chemical pesticides…
• Over 45 pesticides are known or
potential carcinogens: almost half are
still used in North America.
• Farmers in industrialized countries
develop and die of more cancers than
the general population.
• In a 2001 study of 96 Seattle children,
only one child, who had eaten
exclusively organic food, showed no
measurable concentration of
organophosphates from pesticides.
29. Alzheimer's Disease
Worldwide, 36 million people
have the disease
115 million people will get
Alzheimer's by 2050
36% of people in the US are
obese, putting them at greater
risk of Alzheimer's
5.4 million adults in the US have
Alzheimer’s. Their healthcare
cost $130 billion in 2011.
40. .
Since the 1940s & 1950s,
the mineral content of
non-organic food has fallen:
50% less iron
50% less calcium
50% less sodium
50% less copper
50% less magnesium
50% less selenium
Meat / cheese: 50% less iron
Broccoli: 63% less calcium
Potatoes: 100% less vitamin A
41. Non-organic tomatoes:
61% less calcium
43% less Vitamin A
25% less iron
23% less protein
17% less Vitamin C
11% less phosphorus
8% less niacin
65% more fat
200% more sodium (salt)
42. Non-Organic Potatoes:
100% less vitamin A
57% less vitamin C
50% less iron
50% less riboflavin
28% less calcium
18% less thiamine
Source: Globe & Mail, June 6, 2002. Story by Andre Picard
quoted in The End of Food by Thomas Pawlick
43. Plants have evolved on the land over 400 million
years. They know every trick in the book.
When they are attacked by a fungus,
they produce phytochemicals and metabolites
to defend themselves.
44. When plants are sprayed
against pests and fungi they are
never attacked, so they have no
need to defend themselves.
45. Since they are not attacked,
they don’t use energy generating
defensive phytochemical compounds.
46. Organic crops must still defend themselves,
and we are the beneficiaries:
Organic corn: 58% more antioxidants
Organic strawberries: 19% more antioxidants
Organic produce: higher levels of vitamin C
Organic fruits: higher levels of salvestrols
47. When humans and animals eat the
phytochemicals that are abundant in organic
food, they play an important role
in protecting against cancer.
Vitamins
Antioxidants
Salvestrols
Salicylic acid
48.
49.
50. CO2 CO2
CO2
CO2 CO2 CO2
100 million tonnes a day
= 4 million tonnes an hour
= 67,000 tonnes a minute
As we burn the fossil fuels…
= 1,000 tonnes a second
Guy Dauncey 2011
Guy Dauncey 2007
www.earthfuture.com www.earthfuture.com
53. California
In a worst case, up to 90% of
the Sierra snowpack could
disappear, all but eliminating
the natural storage system
that feeds the valleys at the
heart of the farm industry.
California supplies more than
half of America’s fruits,
vegetables and nuts.
57. “The rule of thumb is that we lose about 10% of
world food production for every rise of one degree C
in average global temperature.
So the shortages will grow and the price of food will
rise inexorably over the years. The riots will return
again and again.”
- Gwynne Dyer, author of Climate Wars
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61.
62. There are 7,702 hectares of land in the Alberni Valley ALR.
Only 3,171 hectares ‐ about 41% - are actively farmed.
4,531 hectares of ALR farmland are not being farmed.
Over 90% of the farmed land is used for livestock
production or feed for the livestock industry.
Only 239 hectares are used for vegetables, berries, grapes
and other horticultural food crops. 3% of the farmland.
The valley produces between 5% and 11% of the food
consumed locally.
Clearly, there is significant capacity for increased
agricultural production in the Alberni Valley.
So why isn’t it happening? Alberni Valley Agricultural Plan, 2011-2031
65. Profitability, or lack thereof, is probably the main
reason.
The combined gross farm receipts for the 89 farms in
the area are $5.49 million – average $61,797 per farm.
Total operating expenses are $5.08 million.
The farmer keeps about 8 cents of every dollar sold –
an average of about $4,606 per farm to cover overhead
costs.
Alberni Valley Agricultural Plan, 2011-2031
66. Agricultural capability maps indicate that 5,184 ha
could be improved to prime capability with
irrigation – only 554 ha are currently irrigated.
Land could be converted to higher value crops,
with better margins, if there was more water
available for irrigation.
The average farm operator is 55 years old
It is expensive and time consuming and it may
take different resources to convert to higher
valued crops, so long term farmers are resisting
changing.
Alberni Valley Agricultural Plan, 2011-2031
67. Production is down from historic levels.
Processing and distribution facilities have shifted
to other areas so access to markets is more
challenging for many producers.
The livestock industry is in a state of decline.
In the past decade, the number of dairy farms has
dropped from seven or eight down to one active
farm.
Long‐term livestock farmers are not inclined to
switch to horticultural enterprises.
Alberni Valley Agricultural Plan, 2011-2031
68. Despite this, the demand for local food has never been
stronger.
Consumers want to buy food they trust from people
they trust.
The Alberni Valley has experienced farmers and quality
soils.
There are opportunities to increase direct‐marketed
products to local consumer and to tourists.
… food for thought for developing a vision and plan for
agriculture in the Alberni Valley.
Alberni Valley Agricultural Plan, 2011-2031
77. PROPOSED ALR RULE CHANGE #1:
Allow any farm of more than than 20 hectares to
build a clustered farm village on 1 hectare.
The residents must obtain at least 50% of
income from farm-related work.
Build or self-build the village as strata-title
community housing.
Assign 1 hectare of farmland per household to
be bought or leased by the new farm villagers.
78. PROPOSED RULE CHANGE #2
(Carolyn’s Rule)
Require an ALR land-holder to grow food
(not hay) on at least 10% of the land.
If a farm-owner is unable to do so, he or
she must lease the land to another farmer
or pay increased tax on the land.