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	<title>Earth System Visioning &#187; food</title>
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		<title>What is the role of land-use change for the present, past, and future evolution of the Earth?</title>
		<link>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/what-is-the-role-of-land-use-change-for-the-present-past-and-future-evolution-of-the-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nila</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=710</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The elements for possible consideration in this question have global dimensions.  These elements range from carbon storage, food production, the water cycle, climate (including albedo), human societies, to migration.  Answering this question requires full Earth system models that are not yet up to the task, in part because the processes that connect key [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How can we boost agricultural output and improve rural livelihoods in the developing world (especially sub-Saharan Africa) without attendant land/forest degradation and resultant biodiversity loss?</title>
		<link>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/boost-agriculture-without-degradation-biodiversity-loss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/boost-agriculture-without-degradation-biodiversity-loss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bfisher</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[degradation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sub-Saharan Africa is the poorest region of the world and experiencing high rates of land degradation, desertification, forest degradation and loss.  The ecology-welfare link in this part of the world is very strong and most people live outside formal institutions and markets.  Declining crop yields have meant agricultural expansion and in places like [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>How will humanity manage peak oil and climate change impacts and promote an ordered and gradual transition to low carbon economies?</title>
		<link>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/peak-oil-climate-change-transition-low-carbon-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/peak-oil-climate-change-transition-low-carbon-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jofre Carnicer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The strong environmental effects of greenhouse gas emissions derived from oil use and the negative socio-economic consequences of future oil scarcity make it urgent to shift to alternative affordable energy sources. A recent assessment of the International Energy Agency, an OECD prestigious institution, alerts that oil shortage and increased energy costs can easily be an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to establish balanced use of agricultural land and better ecological function?</title>
		<link>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/balanced-use-of-agricultural-and-ecological-function/</link>
		<comments>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/balanced-use-of-agricultural-and-ecological-function/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>greengard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Agricultural land occupies about 10% of total land area, pastures not included. Its ecological influence (nutrient cycles, carbon storage, energy, water, biodiversity) is considerably larger. The sector is growing both in extent and intensity. The world needs good ecological function of this sector.
The main task for agriculture is to produce food for mankind. The present [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the interannual variability in the hydrological cycle over rainfed agriculture areas?</title>
		<link>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/interannual-variability-in-the-hydrological-cycle-over-rainfed-agriculture-areas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/interannual-variability-in-the-hydrological-cycle-over-rainfed-agriculture-areas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rumedany</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1941</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of our food is produced from the rainfed areas. Disturbing the existing system could cause great frustrations to the growers, and possible food deficiencies in the future.
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		<title>What are the consequences of land cover and land use change for human societies and the sustainability of ecosystems?</title>
		<link>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/consequences-of-land-cover-and-land-use-change-for-human-societies-sustainability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/consequences-of-land-cover-and-land-use-change-for-human-societies-sustainability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>messouli</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[anthropogenic factors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecosystem services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human well-being]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[population]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=2171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The environment of the Earth has many close connections and relationships with human activity. It is also now more widely recognized that a profound transformation of the Earth&#8217;s environment is taking place and that many of these changes are the result of human action. Growing world population and increasing wealth are driving demands for more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How can we provide food to humanity while sustaining animal well-being and biodiversity ?</title>
		<link>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/provide-food-to-humanity-while-sustaining-animal-well-being-and-biodiversity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/provide-food-to-humanity-while-sustaining-animal-well-being-and-biodiversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ma</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1342</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The animal well being can not be set aside in favor of human well being. Both are interconnected and interdependent. Livestock farming today is awful and does not seem to improve. The same remarks can also address the agricultural field. If we can establish a parallel between biodiversity and humanity qualities and living conditions, what [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>How will agricultural biodiversity losses predicted by climate change impact agriculture, rural development and food security?</title>
		<link>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-agricultural-biodiversity-losses-predicted-by-climate-change-will-impact-on-agriculture-rural-development-and-food-security-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-agricultural-biodiversity-losses-predicted-by-climate-change-will-impact-on-agriculture-rural-development-and-food-security-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1720</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Agricultural biodiversity (agrobiodiversity) as an important component of biodiversity provides a number of benefits associated with production and productivity, agro-ecosystem function, and human well-being. At the same time it is well known that the climate change will be the main driver of loss of biodiversity in general and of agrobiodiversity in particular. This impact will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are the consequences of ground water reduction on agriculture?</title>
		<link>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/consequences-of-ground-water-reduction-on-agriculture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/consequences-of-ground-water-reduction-on-agriculture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anilbharat</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1874</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I asked this question and I am concerned that population is growing therefor its food demand and more agriculture productivity means somehow losing soil strength and soil water (soil productivity). This may affect climate regionally. How to address such problem in next decade. If human want to survive than we have to address such question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do we meet the human wellbeing requirements (e.g. food and nutritional security, health, livelihoods) of current and future human populations without increasing pressure on already vulnerable ecosystems?</title>
		<link>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/meet-human-wellbeing-requirements-without-increasing-pressure-on-ecos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/meet-human-wellbeing-requirements-without-increasing-pressure-on-ecos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SSallu</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1675</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Increasing evidence suggests that demands on food production are likely to reach a peak mid-century.  At the same time, our ability to produce and transport sufficient food is predicted to be reduced by climate change (temperature and water dynamics), carbon costs (chemicals, transport), and the loss of land to energy production. 
There will therefore [...]]]></description>
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