Authors: Gerald C. Nelson, Mark W. Rosegrant, Amanda Palazzo, Ian Gray, Christina Ingersoll, Richard Robertson, Simla Tokgoz, Tingju Zhu, Timothy B. Sulser, Claudia Ringler, Siwa Msangi, and Liangzhi You
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-01-01 - Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
As the global population grows and incomes in poor countries rise, so too, will the demand for food, placing additional pressure on sustainable food production.
This book features a comprehensive foresight assessment, exploring the pressures — threats as well as opportunities — on the global agriculture & food syste
Continued population growth, rapidly changing consumption patterns and the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are driving limited resources
The National Research Council's Science and Technology for Sustainability Program hosted two workshops in 2011 addressing the sustainability challenges associat
Unless action is taken now to make agriculture more sustainable, productive and resilient, climate change impacts will seriously compromise food production in c