Agricultural yield | TableDebates

Agricultural yield is the average net output of agricultural product (e.g. in kCal, grams protein, or net profit) per unit of farmland per year. The total amount of farmland includes all land that is required to generate the output (e.g. also land that is used to grow feeds or to produce manure).

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FAO podcast: Target - Zero Hunger

Target: Zero Hunger is a podcast series produced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations about the stories, issues, and policies at the root of global food security. The most recent episode is “Desert locusts: Are we winning the fight?” It can be listened to in English here and in French here.

Image: Kelly Reed, Reconstructed Neolithic house at Sopot, Croatia

A global movement for localised food and farming: The beginning of agriculture in Europe

Dr Kelly Reed is an archaeobotanist with interests in food systems, agricultural development and cultural adaptations to environmental change in the past. She is currently the programme manager for the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food and the Wellcome Trust-funded Livestock, Environment and People (LEAP) project based at Oxford University.