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GGH1503 SUMMARY NOTES CHAPTER 12
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GGH1503 SUMMARY NOTES CHAPTER 12
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Food, Soil, and Pest ManagementChapter 12
,Core Case Study: Grains of Hope
or an Illusion?
Vitamin A deficiency in some developing
countries leads to
• Blindness
• Death
1999: Porrykus and Beyer
• Genetically engineered rice with beta-carotene
and more iron
Is this the answer for malnutrition in these
countries?
,12-1 What Is Food Security and Why Is It
Difficult to Attain?
Concept 12-1A Many of the poor suffer health
problems from chronic lack of food and poor
nutrition, while many people in developed
countries have health problems from eating too
much food.
Concept 12-1B The greatest obstacles to
providing enough food for everyone are poverty,
political upheaval, corruption, war, and the
harmful environmental effects of food
production.
, Many of the Poor Have Health Problems
Because They Do Not Get Enough to Eat
Food security
Food insecurity
• Root cause: poverty
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