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Resource Report on iron and health The Standing Advisory Committee on Nutrition has published its report on Iron and Nutrition. The purpose of the report was to “to review the dietary intakes of iron in its various forms and the impact of different dietary patterns on the nutritional and health status of the population and to make proposals.” Read
Resource Measuring progress towards carbon reduction in the UK Published by Angela Druckman et al of Surrey University (Druckman A, Bradley P, Papathanasopoulou E, Jackson T. Ecological Economics (2007)) shows that that the accounting convention chosen for reporting carbon emissions radically changes the conclusions that may be drawn about UK's progress towards its carbon reduction targets. Read
Resource Biofuels Boom for the Global Livestock Industry A paper (Taheripour F, Hertel T, Tyner W (2010) 'Implications of the Biofuels Boom for the Global Livestock Industry: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis.' GTAP Working Paper No. 58 discusses the interactions between the biofuels and livestock industries. Abstract Read
Resource Livestock grazing and soil carbon stocks In a paper (Marriott C A, Fisher J M, Hood K and Pakeman R J (2010) 'Impacts of extensive grazing and abandonment on grassland soils and productivity' Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment Volume 139, Issue 4, 476–482) the abstract states: Read
Resource Impacts of biofuel on land-use change Extracts from a paper (Timilsina G R. Beghin J C van der Mensbrugghe D and Mevel S (2010) 'The impacts of biofuel targets on land-use change and food supply : a global CGE assessment' Policy Research Working Paper, World Bank, Washington DC.) state: "This study analyzes the long-term impacts of large-scale expansion of biofuels on land-use change, food supply and prices, and the overall economy in various countries or regions using a global computable general equilibrium model, augmented by a land-use module and detailed representation of biofuel sectors. Read
Resource Scenarios and Challenges for Feeding the World in 2050 According to an article published in January 2011 in Nature News the world will be able to feed the predicted 2050 population of nine billion people. This is according to two French agricultural research organizations who have published the French Foresight report: Agrimonde. 'Scenarios and Challenges for Feeding the World in 2050'. The joint report lays out findings gleaned from 2006 to 2008 that could overturn some current assumptions about the state of global farming. More infomation is available here. Read
