By Ayona Datta, University College London, UK I grew up hearing stories of Calcutta during the Bengal Famine of 1943 … More
Tag: food security
The world needs to be concerned: Pathological lives
By Steve Hinchliffe, University of Exeter “The diversity and geographical distribution of influenza viruses currently circulating in wild ad domestic birds … More
Cultivating the land of the concrete jungle: environmental and social security, but for whom?
By Amita Bhakta, Loughborough University There are many different aspects of daily life that symbolise wider environmental challenges in the … More
Cricket farming as an alternative livelihood strategy
By Afton Halloran, Nanna Roos, University of Copenhagen, and Yupa Hanboonsong, Khon Kaen University Rapid urbanization, major losses of biodiversity, … More
Rapid land-use changes are creating the geology of the Anthropocene
By Eli Lazarus From a historical perspective, land grabbing – deals involving acquisitions of large-scale land assets – is not … More
The Importance of Soil
By Daniel Schillereff A recent paper by Bilotta et al. (2012) examining the interplay between ecosystem services and soil erosion … More
Food, Glorious Food… What Next is the Question?
By Jen Dickie This week, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation are hosting the ‘Committee on World Food Security’ in Rome. … More
The Geographical Journal Content Alert: Volume 177, Issue 4 (December 2011)
The latest issue of The Geographical Journal is available on Wiley Online Library. Click past the break to view the full table of contents.
Local solutions to global food shortages
I-Hsien Porter The United Nations ‘Food Price Index’ recorded food prices (particularly cereals, sugar and meat) rising to record highs. … More
Climate Change and Inuit Food Security
By Paulette Cully As part of a wider research program, a five-year study by Professor Barry Smit of the University … More
