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100	1		_aBrown, Molly E.
245	1	0	_aFood security, food prices and climate variability _h[electronic resource] / _cMolly E. Brown.
260			_aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2014.
300			_axiv, 197 p., [16] leaves of plates : _bill., maps (some col.).
490	1		_aEarthscan food and agriculture
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a1. Food security, food prices and climate variability -- 2. Food security and monitoring systems -- 3. Climate variability, agriculture and remote sensing -- 4. Trends in national food security and the impact of climate -- 5. Markets and determinants of food prices -- 6. Food prices and seasonality -- 7. Modeling the impact of climate variability on local food prices -- 8. Environmental and nutrition outcomes -- 9. Policy implications of price dynamics and the way forward.
520			_a"The agriculture system is under pressure to increase production every year as global population expands and more people move from a diet mostly made up of grains, to one with more meat, dairy and processed foods. This book uses a decade of primary research to examine how weather and climate, as measured by variations in the growing season using satellite remote sensing, has affected agricultural production, food prices and access to food in food-insecure regions of the world. The author reviews environmental, economics and multidisciplinary research to describe the connection between global environmental change, changing weather conditions and local staple food price variability. The context of the analysis is the humanitarian aid community, using the guidance of the USAID Famine Early Warning Systems Network and the United Nations World Food Program in their response to food security crises. These organizations have worked over the past three decades to provide baseline information on food production through satellite remote sensing data and agricultural yield models, as well as assessments of food access through a food price database. These datasets are used to describe the connection, and to demonstrate the importance of these metrics in overall outcomes in food-insecure communities"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a" This book uses a decade of primary research to examine how weather and climate, as measured by variations in the growing season using satellite remote sensing, has affected agricultural production food prices and access to food in food-insecure regions of the world"-- _cProvided by publisher.
530			_aAlso available in print edition.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
650		0	_aFood security.
650		0	_aFood prices.
650		0	_aClimatic changes.
650		0	_aAgricultural productivity _xEnvironmental aspects.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2lcsh
776	1		_z9780415663113 (hardback) _z9780415663120 (pbk)
830		0	_aEarthscan food and agriculture.
856	4	0	_uhttp://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203071687 _zClick here to view
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