Chapter 8: Food & Hunger

Practices of composting, crop diversification, organic pesticide production, seed multiplication and agro-forestry allow farmers in Malawi 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
  • Learn examples of genetically modified crops in order to understand the larger picture surrounding genetically modified organisms.

Chapter Outline

  • 8.1 Food Security
  • 8.2 Global Food Systems
  • 8.3 Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
  • 8.4 Genetically Modified Crops
  • 8.5 Chapter Resources

Attribution

Essentials of Environmental Science section 9.0 by Kamala Doršner is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Modified from the original by Joni Baumgarten.

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