Volume 2
edited by
John A. Miranowski
and Colin G. Scanes
Perspectives in World Food and Agriculture brings together cutting-edge agricultural research and the most current views of agricultural policy, including:
- Global agricultural statistics and projections
- The UN’s approaches to address global food security and poverty
- An essay by the World Food Laureate
- Trends in agricultural policies, food safety, and biosecurity
- Globalization, emerging diseases, and invasive species
- Ethics of agricultural research
- Successes in developing biorenewables
- Organic food
- The future of agricultural biotechnology
- Nutrigenomics and/or metabolomics
- The pivotal role of agriculture in human development
Contents:
- Bionewables (Ralph Hardy, President of National Agricultural Biotechnology Council and formerly VP for DuPont)
- Rural Development (Karl Stauber, CEO, Northwest Area Foundation and former Undersecretary of Agriculture)
- Technology Choice and Changing Structure of Agriculture – (Luther Tweeten, Ohio State University)
- Sociology of Rural Change (Lou Swanson, Colorado State University)
- Pharming (Steve Howell, Director, Plant Sciences Institute, Iowa State University)
- Biosafety (Biosafety Risk Assessment Expert, Montana State University)
- Identity Preservation - COOL (TBD)
- Identity Preservation - ISO (Eileen von Ravensway, Michigan State University)
- Food Safety and Identity Preservation (Food Safety Expert – TBD)
- Animal Welfare (Temple Grandin, Colorado State University)
- Ecological Impact of Gene Transfer (Tim Reeves, former Director General, CIMMYT)
- Rural Development in the Third World (Alex McCalla, formerly Director for Rural Development, World Bank)
- Health and Nutrition Importance in Economic Development (FAO)
- Opportunity Costs of AIDS in African Development (TBD)
- Animal Genomics (Max Rothschild, Iowa State University)
- Green Revolution 50 Years Later (Chip Manson, Rockefeller Foundation)
- Long Run Impacts of Farm Policy (John Miranowski, Iowa State University)
- Soil Management in Growing Tropical Agriculture (Pedro Sanchez, Columbia University and World Food Prize Laureate)
- Critical Economic Inputs in Global Development of Agriculture (Stan Johnson, Iowa State)
- Community-based, Organic, and Niche Market Products in Sustainable Agricultural Systems (TBD)
- World Agriculture Situation and Outlook (Bruce Babcock, CARD, Iowa State University)
- Importance of Food in Global Stability (Catherine Bertini, former Director, UN World Food Program).
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