Shangdong / La Paz / Kinshasa / Beijing / El Alto / /
Company
WFB / Walmart / /
Continent
Europe / Africa / Asia / /
Country
Mongolia / Cyprus / Egypt / Thailand / France / Japan / Mauritania / Pakistan / Malawi / Brazil / Canada / Australia / United Kingdom / Philippines / China / Israel / Ethiopia / India / Taiwan / Germany / Haiti / Mexico / Zimbabwe / Congo / Mali / Malaysia / Russia / Jordan / United States / Chad / Morocco / Argentina / Bolivia / /
Currency
GBP / USD / /
Event
Natural Disaster / Environmental Issue / /
Facility
Earth Policy Institute / Rural Development Institute / World Agroforestry Centre / /
IndustryTerm
food chain / adapted technology / local food / transportation / food supply / natural gas / year-round food markets / fresh food / finance / food / energy / organic food / drip-irrigation systems / food price volatility / unused agricultural technology / milk and other dairy products / animal protein production systems / drip systems / larger systems / furrow systems / grain-intensive livestock products / irrigation systems / oil-scarce world / staple food / sprinkler systems / transport systems / public infrastructure / Large-scale drip systems / food security / food situation / natural support systems / food supplies / grown food / soybean oil / less grain-intensive livestock products / irrigation-efficient technologies / focusing on moving up the food chain / /
Organization
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization / Earth Policy Institute / White House / Federal Government / Rural Development Institute / World Agroforestry Centre in Nairobi / /
Person
Michelle Obama / Eleanor Roosevelt / Lester R. Brown / Amy Vickers / Sandra Postel / / /
Position
wheat producer / leading producer / farmer / minister of health / head of state / minister of agriculture / leader / /
from World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse, by Lester R. Brown © 2011 Earth Policy Institute 12