Food security and safety

Introduction Postharvest losses (PHL) of paddy can be defined as losses that occur due to spills, human negligence and incompetence during postharvest handling operations. Losses include improper machine settings during combined harvesting, mishandling during transportation inefficient...
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Growing food to feed the population becomes a challenge due to erratic weather and climatic patterns. Temperature increase and changes in rainfall pattern hasten the spread of pests and diseases which ultimately affect crop yields. The intensity of climate change which causes an impact on our...
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The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released in 2007 has reaffirmed that climate is changing and influencing many physical and biological systems including disruption of the ecosystem’s services, which is important to support livelihood. When...
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Source: Council of Agriculture (COA) The Rice is the major staple food in Taiwan. Around 1.31 million metric tons of rice are produced per year, enough to sufficiently supply domestic food consumption. Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (COA) regularly buys the public grains from rice farmers...
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INTRODUCTION Climate change is caused by global warming. It refers to the average increase in global temperature, and has become a megatrend that will lead to significant changes in future society. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) offers up substantial scientific evidence...
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