The Year of the Rat ends- time to fight hunger!
This paper investigates the importance of ecologically based rodent management in the light of the current food crisis, and the potential effects of this approach on the position of the undernourished. Hunger and food prices are on the rise owing to shortages that can be traced to reasons such as cl...
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| author | Meerburg, Bastiaan G. Singleton, Grant R. Leirs, Herwig |
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| description | This paper investigates the importance of ecologically based rodent management in the light of the current food crisis, and the potential effects of this approach on the position of the undernourished. Hunger and food prices are on the rise owing to shortages that can be traced to reasons such as climatic extremes, use of crops for biofuels, reduced growth in yields which lag behind population growth, reduced world stocks and lack of sufficient investment in maintaining the irrigation infrastructure. For the undernourished this is problematic as they are most vulnerable to the rise in food prices. Very often, agricultural experts focus on an increase in agricultural production to reduce food prices. It is postulated in this article that almost 280 million undernourished could additionally benefit if more attention were paid to reducing pre‐ and post‐harvest losses by rodents. Moreover, rodent‐borne diseases would decrease, diseases that can be catastrophic to the livelihoods of the poorest of the poor. Copyright © 2009 Society of Chemical Industry |
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| spelling | CGSpace1662112025-05-14T10:24:20Z The Year of the Rat ends- time to fight hunger! Meerburg, Bastiaan G. Singleton, Grant R. Leirs, Herwig rodents rodent control pest control plant pests vertebrate pests crop losses food security hunger poverty This paper investigates the importance of ecologically based rodent management in the light of the current food crisis, and the potential effects of this approach on the position of the undernourished. Hunger and food prices are on the rise owing to shortages that can be traced to reasons such as climatic extremes, use of crops for biofuels, reduced growth in yields which lag behind population growth, reduced world stocks and lack of sufficient investment in maintaining the irrigation infrastructure. For the undernourished this is problematic as they are most vulnerable to the rise in food prices. Very often, agricultural experts focus on an increase in agricultural production to reduce food prices. It is postulated in this article that almost 280 million undernourished could additionally benefit if more attention were paid to reducing pre‐ and post‐harvest losses by rodents. Moreover, rodent‐borne diseases would decrease, diseases that can be catastrophic to the livelihoods of the poorest of the poor. Copyright © 2009 Society of Chemical Industry 2009-04 2024-12-19T12:56:00Z 2024-12-19T12:56:00Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/166211 en Wiley Meerburg, Bastiaan G; Singleton, Grant R and Leirs, Herwig. 2009. The Year of the Rat ends- time to fight hunger!. Pest Management Science, Volume 65 no. 4 p. 351-352 |
| spellingShingle | rodents rodent control pest control plant pests vertebrate pests crop losses food security hunger poverty Meerburg, Bastiaan G. Singleton, Grant R. Leirs, Herwig The Year of the Rat ends- time to fight hunger! |
| title | The Year of the Rat ends- time to fight hunger! |
| title_full | The Year of the Rat ends- time to fight hunger! |
| title_fullStr | The Year of the Rat ends- time to fight hunger! |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Year of the Rat ends- time to fight hunger! |
| title_short | The Year of the Rat ends- time to fight hunger! |
| title_sort | year of the rat ends time to fight hunger |
| topic | rodents rodent control pest control plant pests vertebrate pests crop losses food security hunger poverty |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/166211 |
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