Tag: Agriculture
17 Articles
- Dialogues
The Role of Food in Sustaining Human and Planetary Health with Dr. Kathryn Bradbury
GJIA: In your most recent work, “Quantifying the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of New Zealand Households’ Food Purchases: An Analysis by Demographic Variables,” you found a…
April 20, 2024
- Business & Economics
North Korean Food Security and Rural Development Strategy
North Korea has been in the midst of a self-declared food crisis since 2021, and the country’s leadership has declared its intention to normalize the food supply and develop…
January 18, 2023
- Business & Economics
Policies and Politics: Effects on US-China Soybean Trade
US-China trade tensions, respective policy responses, geopolitics, and climate shocks will continue to reshape the global food system. As the largest and most concentrated…
October 26, 2022
- Conflict & Security
Food, Climate Change, and War in the 21st Century
The indirect effects of climate change on conflict in the developing world are gaining attention among scholars and policymakers. Evidence suggests that food shortages caused by…
March 7, 2022
- Human Rights & Development
Madagascar’s Famine Is More than Climate Change
In June of 2021, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that 14,000 people in southern Madagascar were facing a Level Five “food catastrophe,” the most severe category of…
January 24, 2022
- Society & Culture
Domein Verklaring: Colonial Legal Legacies and Community Access to Land in Indonesia
Exactly 150 years since the passing of transformative agrarian laws by the Dutch colonial government in 1870, the now-independent Republic of Indonesia is still grappling with…
November 25, 2020
- Society & Culture
Water Politics and the Human Geographies of the Aral Sea Crisis
It is impossible, of course, to discuss the desiccation of the Aral Sea without acknowledging its anthropogenic origins in the excessive diversion of water from the Amu Darya and…
September 18, 2020
- Global Governance
Why the United States’ Re-Engagement with the Paris Agreement is Crucial in a Post-COVID World
This rapid rise in emissions can be attributed to countries striving to maximize their economic growth in a post-pandemic era. The climate crisis may especially worsen in the…
September 5, 2020
- Science & Technology
Ecosystem Restoration as an Immunization for Humanitarian Crisis: The Case of Lake Chad
In order to stop the conflict around Lake Chad, a concerted effort of many stakeholders is needed to build a new future for the area with social and environmental contracts based…
August 7, 2020
- Science & Technology
Adapting to Climate Change in Southwestern Bangladesh: Need for Transformational Measures?
Climate Vulnerability of Southwestern Bangladesh The low-lying southwestern region of Bangladesh faces pervasive socio-economic struggles and is prone to natural disasters, both…
July 28, 2020