Collaborative Research on Food Security in the U.S. and Sri Lanka
Collaborative Research on Food Security in the U.S. and Sri Lanka
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美国和斯里兰卡粮食安全合作研究
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2010
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Kristen Wolf
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Ann E. Kingsolver;S. Balasundaram;V. Sugumaran;J. Engel;T. Gerber;Craig Spurrier;Colin Townsend;Kristen Wolf
这里讨论的2009年研究项目侧重于全球粮食不安全的区域经验，并将南卡罗来纳州和斯里兰卡的学生联系起来，探索更负担得起和更具包容性的跨国研究合作方式。2008年，与全球经济危机相关的粮食不安全问题显著增加。据联合国粮食及农业组织估计，仅在这一年里，全世界营养不良的人数就从8.64亿增加到9.67亿。美国国际开发署（2009年）报告说，37个国家在国家一级面临粮食不安全，仅在2008年，粮食价格就上涨了43%。天主教救济会（2008年）估计，在全球南部的大部分地区，基本斯台普斯的价格在短短18个月内翻了三倍，许多人的日常食品需求价格超过了日工资。由于粮食价格翻了一番或更多，近12个国家发生了粮食骚乱。
The 2009 research project discussed here focused on regional experiences of global food insecurity, and linked students in South Carolina and Sri Lanka to explore a more affordable and inclusive means of transnational research collaboration. In 2008, there was a remarkable increase in food insecurity associated with the global economic crisis. The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations estimated that the number of undernourished people in the world rose from 864 million to 967 million in just that one year. USAID (2009) reported that 37 countries were experiencing food insecurity at the national level, and that food prices had risen by 43 percent in 2008 alone. Catholic Relief Services (2008) estimated that the cost of basic staples in much of the Global South had tripled in just 18 months, and that the price of daily food requirements exceeded daily wages for many. There were food riots in nearly a dozen countries because of food costs doubling or more.