Crop genetic improvements catalysed population growth, which in turn has increased the pressure for food security. We need to produce 70% more food to meet the demands of 9.5 billion people by 2050. Climate changes have posed challenges for global food supply, while the narrow genetic base of elite ...

In this paper the researchers analyze the changes in accessibility to emergency and community food services before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the City of Hamilton, Ontario. Many of these food services are the last line of support for households facing food insecurity; as such, their...

A growing population means an ever-increasing demand for food. This global concern has led to antagonism over resources such as water and soil. Climate change can directly influence the quality and availability of these resources, thereby adversely affecting our food systems and crop productivity,...

Safety of food additives is an important issue related to food industry, whose use is directly related to the characteristics and safety of food. So it is urgently needed to establish a strict system of supervision and management of the use of food additives using regulations. Especially in May 24, ...

Food security is the basis of social stability and development. Maintaining sufficient amounts of arable land is essential for China's food security. In this paper, we consider the relationship between arable land demand to grain demand and production capacity. The changes in national population,...

Background: Along with the intensification of global food supply, food security has become a fateful barrier throughout the global food trade and delivery. Reliable analytic techniques are in strong need to keep up with the continuous demand for food quality and safety monitoring. Scope and...

The study is carried out from the perspective of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) system in Hebei Province. Based on the system water footprint model and the decoupling evaluation model, this paper studies the decoupling situation of water resources utilization and economic growth and the decoupling...

Lockdowns due to COVID-19 in early 2020 had health, economic, and social consequences globally. Using survey data collected as part of a rapid assessment among non-governmental organization - (NGO) supported communities in six Asia Pacific countries (n = 13,522), this study examined if the early...

Timely monitoring of crop lands is important in order to make agricultural activities more sustainable, as well as ensuring food security. The use of Earth Observation (EO) data allows crop monitoring at a range of spatial scales, but can be hampered by limitations in the data. Crop growth...

Early life exposure to famine was associated with adulthood metabolic syndrome and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and NAFLD was also affected by cardiometabolic traits. However, the role of cardiometabolic traits in the associations from famine exposure to NAFLD was largely unknown. This ...