The extent to which families and individuals have a sufficient and stable supply of food to maintain them
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What does it mean to be food secure?
The occupants of a household do not live in hunger or fear of starvation.
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What are the top 5 crops that feed the world?
Wheat, maize, rice, barley and soybean
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What is biomass?
Substances burnt in order to generate electricity/heat
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What is biofuel?
Petrol/diesel substitutes
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What are some examples of land degradation?
deforestation, overgrazing, depletion of soil nutrients
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What is the trend of meat consumption in developing countries?
It is increasing because as they are developing, they have more money for meat products. Also, they see the actions of developed countries and the high meat consumptions are emulated.
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What is the yield gap?
Yield potential minus average yield
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How can the yield gap be closed?
We would need increasing inputs and increasing high intensity farming practices.
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What does it mean to be food secure?
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The occupants of a household do not live in hunger or fear of starvation.
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