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Seeds of hunger / presented by Icarus Films ; Arte France ; Auteurs Associés present ; with the participation of RTBF Télévision Belge ; TSR Télévision Suisse Romande ; CBC Newsworld ; Radio-Canada ; Lichtpunt ; YLE TV1 ; SVT, and with the support of Centre National de la Cinématographie ; an Yves Billy and Richard Prost film ; directors, Yves Billy and Richard Prost ; producer, Yves Billy.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Food supply--Political aspects.
- Food supply.
- Food supply--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Food supply--Forecasting.
- Food supply--International cooperation.
- Agriculture and politics.
- Urbanization--Developing countries.
- Urbanization.
- Agriculture--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Agriculture.
- Hunger--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Hunger.
- Hunger--Political aspects.
- Urbanization--Environmental aspects.
- Developing countries.
- Population--Economic aspects.
- Population.
- Population--Environmental aspects.
- Overpopulation.
- Climatic changes--Economic aspects.
- Climatic changes.
- Agriculture--Economic aspects.
- Agriculture--Environmental aspects.
- Energy crops industry.
- Globalization.
- Biotechnology--Social aspects.
- Biotechnology.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Environmental films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (52 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2009]
- Language Note:
- In English and French and occasional local languages with English subtitles; closed captioning available.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- With the world of agriculture confronting the impact of such factors as global warming, population urbanization trends, changes in eating habits, and increased use of grain for biofuels, this film outlines the shape of an impending global food crisis. Filmed in Africa, China, Latin America, and the U.S., the film examines issues involved in creating such a crisis, including the politics of food security and scarcity, declining food production, and the need for increased production to meet population growth, the impact of genetically modified foods, water shortages, famine, food aid programs, the loss of crop land, and national food production, distribution and export policies.
- Participant:
- Narration, Sylvain Roumette, Yves Billy, Peter Leonard.
- Credits:
- Camera and sound, Richard Prost, Philippe Costantini ; editor, Sabine Franel ; musical supervisor, Serge Kochyne.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Arte France/Auteurs Associés, c2008.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 30, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- if-seeds Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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