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Food & Agriculture

• Nutrition• Farm policy• Soil • Agricultural resources & sustainability

Nutrition

• Calories (2200 per day), less than 14% • Quality of calories• 852 million chronic hunger and malnutrition

Food security

MalnourishmentGoiter Marasmus

• In addition to calories,• Protein (quality, essential amino acids, Kwashiorkor)• Vitamins (A, folic acid)• Mineral (iron, iodine)

Farm Policy

• Concentrated animal feeding operations

• Ocean fishing• Aquaculture farms• Farm subsidies

Soil

• Abiotic• Biotic

Arable land

Types of erosion

Desertification

Agricultural resources• Water1. Water logging2. Salinization3. Irrigation practice• Fertilizer1. Groundwater

contamination2. Green manure• Energy1. Biofuels

Sustainable Agriculture practices

• Contour plowing• Strip farming• Terracing• Planting perennials• Cover crops• Mulch• Reduced tillage• Low input farms