Chapter 10: Feeding the World
By learning skills like composting, crop diversification, organic pesticide production, seed multiplication and agro-forestry, farmers in Malawi are increasing their ability to feed their families over the long term.
Learning Outcomes
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
- Understand the major drivers of food insecurity
- Recognize the role of women in food and nutritional security
- Classify key food and nutritional sources
- Identify benefits and risks of genetic engineering
- Describe the components of soils
- Discuss how land use affects global ecosystem conditions
- Identify environmental effects of pesticides
- Recognize the relationship between exposure to POPs and human health
- Explain alternative practices in farming and soil management
Chapter Outline
- 10.1 Food Security
- 10.2 Food & Nutrients
- 10.3 Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
- 10.4 Soil Profiles and Processes
- 10.5 Soil-Plant Relations
- 10.6 Conventional Agriculture
- 10.7 Pests and Pesticides
- 10.8 Sustainable Agriculture
- 10.9 Chapter Resources
Attribution
Essentials of Environmental Science by Kamala Doršner is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Modified from the original.
