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Energy, Agriculture, And Food: National, County, City Considerations, Gigi Berardi
Energy, Agriculture, And Food: National, County, City Considerations, Gigi Berardi
Gigi Berardi
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the available information, assess the specific situation in Whatcom County, and make recommendations on reducing vulnerability to peak oil. The paper includes a discussion of energy use in agriculture, identification of particularly vulnerable areas, and suggestion of ways to reduce the vulnerability of the county‘s agriculture and, indeed, the entire food system to peak oil and volatile energy prices.
Energy, Agriculture, And Food: National, County, City Considerations, Gigi M. Berardi
Energy, Agriculture, And Food: National, County, City Considerations, Gigi M. Berardi
Environmental Studies Faculty and Staff Publications
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the available information, assess the specific situation in Whatcom County, and make recommendations on reducing vulnerability to peak oil. The paper includes a discussion of energy use in agriculture, identification of particularly vulnerable areas, and suggestion of ways to reduce the vulnerability of the county‘s agriculture and, indeed, the entire food system to peak oil and volatile energy prices.
Kenya — Starvation And Food Insecurity In The Land Of Plenty, Gigi Berardi
Kenya — Starvation And Food Insecurity In The Land Of Plenty, Gigi Berardi
Gigi Berardi
My last month in Kenya has been sobering. Ten million Kenyans were reportedly facing starvation. There were daily reports on affected districts, those most vulnerable, and the government’s mishandling of the disaster. Newspapers reported heavily on the incompetency of the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), which is responsible, under the guidance of Trustees, in maintaining a Strategic Grain Reserve of about 6 million bags of maize cereal. How best to do this? An obvious way is through purchase of local grain supplies. Despite drought and resultant famine, poor infrastructure, high farm input costs, serious planting disruption after last year’s …
Kenya — Starvation And Food Insecurity In The Land Of Plenty, Gigi M. Berardi
Kenya — Starvation And Food Insecurity In The Land Of Plenty, Gigi M. Berardi
Environmental Studies Faculty and Staff Publications
My last month in Kenya has been sobering. Ten million Kenyans were reportedly facing starvation. There were daily reports on affected districts, those most vulnerable, and the government’s mishandling of the disaster. Newspapers reported heavily on the incompetency of the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), which is responsible, under the guidance of Trustees, in maintaining a Strategic Grain Reserve of about 6 million bags of maize cereal. How best to do this? An obvious way is through purchase of local grain supplies. Despite drought and resultant famine, poor infrastructure, high farm input costs, serious planting disruption after last year’s …