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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Millions will go hungry without urgent action: UN

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What caught my eyes are actually these nuggests of info in the blue panel of the article...I've replicated them here....
One point we can draw from here is that to combat global warming, we need to change our diet to a non-meat one, and preferably non-rice also, as the growing of rice is one crop that releases a lot of carbon emissions....such lifestyle changes are not unlike those calling for us to stop driving cars, use less plastic bags and use less air-conditioning in our daily lives...will we forsake such convenience and comfort in our lives for mother nature? That depends on whether we are aware of the impact of our daily seemingly innocuous actions on Mother nature, and knowing this, whether we love her enough to make the sacrifices that will contribute to her survival....

HOW THE FOOD WE EAT MAKES CLIMATE CHANGE WORSE

  • Livestock alone produces nearly two-thirds of agricultural emissions - mainly from animal burping, manure and feed production. Synthetic fertilisers are the next major contributor, producing 12 per cent, and rice cultivation, 10 per cent.

  • Carbon dioxide emissions from agriculture are mainly caused by changes in land use, such as converting forests to pasture or cropland, and land degradation from overgrazing.

  • Most direct emissions of methane and nitrous oxide are caused by livestock flatulence, rice production in flooded fields, and the use of nitrogen fertilisers and manure.

  • More than a third of food produced worldwide is lost or wasted. Rotting food produces methane, which is a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

  • Deforestation and forest degradation account for about 11 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions, more than the world's entire transport sector.

  • Reducing agriculture emissions depends partly on cutting food waste and loss, modifying people's diets - including consuming less animal products - and changing farming practices


  • Qn: How effective are international efforts to ease the problem of global hunger? (Cam. 2010)