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Natural food resources bank in the form of forestry and grassland: Scenarios to ensure sustainable food security
Author(s) -
Wu Wenbiao,
Yang Yixing,
Brennan Charles S.,
Huang Wei
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/1477-8947.12039
Subject(s) - food security , sustainability , business , natural resource , agroforestry , resource (disambiguation) , grassland , production (economics) , food processing , environmental science , natural resource economics , agriculture , ecology , economics , biology , computer network , food science , computer science , macroeconomics
An evaluation was conducted to establish the feasibility of a N atural F ood R esources B ank ( NFRB ), in the form of forestry or grassland, to achieve both continuous food production and an accumulation of primary nutrients in living perennial plants. The development of an NFRB protects our living environment from deterioration (especially soil erosion) by increasing the surface coverage of the world's land, even in mountainous areas. Additionally a functioning NFRB enhances food sustainably and security, representing a tangible and renewable food resource production system. Research has identified the prospects of cultivating the NFRB in the form of forestry and also grassland. The review investigated the distinct differences of an NFRB from a range of approaches and discusses the environmental advantage and feasibility of cultivating NFRB . The ability of the NFRB to realize sustainable food resources production for ensuring food security is evaluated in terms of environmental and economical feasibility. A NFRB can attenuate climatic change by increasing CO 2 absorption and fixation. It is worth considering the replacement of the annual food production system by the NFRB (especially in steeplands) in environmental law, and replacing the policy of maintaining annual food reserves by the NFRB in food security policy.