Image Resources Our extensive research library contains thousands of summaries of journal articles, reports and news stories that can be searched by keyword and category RESOURCES CATEGORYBooksBriefing paperEvent recordingFeatured articlesFeatured reportGameJournal articlesNews and resourcesReportsThink pieceVideoWorking paperWorkshop summary YEAR201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Resource Can Totnes and District Feed Itself? This Working Paper, "Can Totnes and District Feed Itself? Exploring the practicalities of food relocalisation", by Rob Hopkins, Mark Thurstain, Goodwin and Simon Fairlie takes the need to reduce oil dependence and GHG emissions as a starting point to explore how Totnes and District (for overseas viewers this is in Devon, the South west of the UK) can develop a food system with the following qualities: fully contributing to the 80% or higher cut in carbon emissions by 2050 Read Resource Sustainable Development Commission report on food security and sustainability. Read Resource Chilled Food Association - sustainability goals Read Resource Methane and its global warming potential This article in the New Scientist entitled 'Methane controls before risky geoengineering, please' by Prof. Kirk Smith, makes the following points: Read Resource Organic agriculture and the global food supply This paper argues that organic agriculture can feed the world. The authors state that the principal objections to the proposition that organic agriculture can contribute significantly to the global food supply are low yields and insufficient quantities of organically acceptable fertilizers. They evaluate the universality of both claims. Read Resource Livestock and climate change in Africa paper Read Resource OECD/FAO OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2009-2018 Because food is a basic necessity, the agriculture sector is showing more resilience to the global economic crisis than other industries. But the risks could increase if the economic downturn deepens. Falls in agricultural prices and in the production and consumption of farm goods are likely to be moderate as long as the economic recovery begins within two to three years. As the downturn lowers food prices, pressure is eased on recession-hit consumers who have less money to spend, it says. Read Resource Can organic agriculture feed the world? A paper published in June 2009 , asks Can organic agriculture feed the world? and argues that it cannot. (K. W. T. Goulding and A. J. Trewavas, AgBioView, June 24 2009, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden and Institute of Molecular Plant Science, University of Edinburgh). In a recent publication, Badgley et al. (2007) claimed that organic farming, if used worldwide, would provide sufficient food for a growing world population. This claim was based on a literature survey of two kinds: Read Resource Sustainable development in a changing climate The House of Commons' International Development Committee has published this report in June 2009, summary as follows: Read VIEW MORE
Resource Can Totnes and District Feed Itself? This Working Paper, "Can Totnes and District Feed Itself? Exploring the practicalities of food relocalisation", by Rob Hopkins, Mark Thurstain, Goodwin and Simon Fairlie takes the need to reduce oil dependence and GHG emissions as a starting point to explore how Totnes and District (for overseas viewers this is in Devon, the South west of the UK) can develop a food system with the following qualities: fully contributing to the 80% or higher cut in carbon emissions by 2050 Read
Resource Methane and its global warming potential This article in the New Scientist entitled 'Methane controls before risky geoengineering, please' by Prof. Kirk Smith, makes the following points: Read
Resource Organic agriculture and the global food supply This paper argues that organic agriculture can feed the world. The authors state that the principal objections to the proposition that organic agriculture can contribute significantly to the global food supply are low yields and insufficient quantities of organically acceptable fertilizers. They evaluate the universality of both claims. Read
Resource OECD/FAO OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2009-2018 Because food is a basic necessity, the agriculture sector is showing more resilience to the global economic crisis than other industries. But the risks could increase if the economic downturn deepens. Falls in agricultural prices and in the production and consumption of farm goods are likely to be moderate as long as the economic recovery begins within two to three years. As the downturn lowers food prices, pressure is eased on recession-hit consumers who have less money to spend, it says. Read
Resource Can organic agriculture feed the world? A paper published in June 2009 , asks Can organic agriculture feed the world? and argues that it cannot. (K. W. T. Goulding and A. J. Trewavas, AgBioView, June 24 2009, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden and Institute of Molecular Plant Science, University of Edinburgh). In a recent publication, Badgley et al. (2007) claimed that organic farming, if used worldwide, would provide sufficient food for a growing world population. This claim was based on a literature survey of two kinds: Read
Resource Sustainable development in a changing climate The House of Commons' International Development Committee has published this report in June 2009, summary as follows: Read
