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.
Continued population growth, rapidly changing consumption patterns and the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are driving limited resources
This book features a comprehensive foresight assessment, exploring the pressures — threats as well as opportunities — on the global agriculture & food syste
Unless action is taken now to make agriculture more sustainable, productive and resilient, climate change impacts will seriously compromise food production in c