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Introduction to Food Security and Global Agriculture
Roadmap Overview
1. What Is International Agriculture and Development?
Joseph Cho
Perspectives on Food Security: Charity and Solidarity
Michael Classens and Mary Anne Martin
2. An Overview of Agriculture and Food Globally
Georgeta Connor
Case Study: Food Deserts, Swamps, Mirages, and Oases in Toronto
Laine Young
3. What is Sustainability?
Tom Theis
4. Roadmap: Biosphere
5. Climate Change and Agriculture
6. Agriculture, Soil, and Water
Daniel GuarĂn; Jhony Benavides; and Daniel Ospina
7. Agroecology and Biodiversity Conservation
Nina Camillone and Jacob Johnson
8. Pollinators, People, and the Plant
Jennifer Marshman and D. Susan Willis Chan
9. Fisheries are Part of Agriculture?
Kristen Lowitt
Case Study: Food and Environments in Kyrgyzstan
Christian Kelly Scott and Guangqing Chi
Activity: Thinking about Food Waste
Pamela Tudge
10. Use of Genetically Modified Organisms in Global Agriculture
M. Laura Rolon
11. Health and Labor Intersections in Agricultural Systems
Holly Chittum and Hannah Tiffin
12. Roadmap: Society
13. Gender, Agriculture, and Development
Hazel Velasco Palacios; Alfredo Reyes; and Paige Castellanos
14. Labor and Agriculture
Kaitlin Fischer
Case study: Food, Diet, and Culture in Samoa
Garrett Hillyer
15. Global Agricultural Extension
Tyler McFeaters and Elisa Lauritzen
16. Government and the Politics of Agriculture: An International Comparison
Deanna Behring; Ram Chandra Neupane; Olanrewaju Shittu; and Hazel Velasco Palacios
17. An Introduction to Family Farming
Fiorella Loli
18. The Water-Energy-Food Nexus with an Exploration of Gender Issues
Stephanie Buechler and Gabriel Scott-Buechler
19. Roadmap: Economy
20. What is Development?
Todd Lindley
21. Population and Health
David Dorrell
22. Agricultural Trade and Policy
Jana Russell
What are Fair Trade Products Anyway?
Eefje De Gelder
23. Pathways for Digital Technologies to Change the Agrifood System
Kateryna Schroeder; Julian Lampietti; and Ghada Elabed
Case: Data and Food Traceability in China
Blue Miaoran Dong
[This chapter is forthcoming and is still in development]
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