Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People
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...Whereas seven years ago there was relatively little concern for meeting projected food demand through improvements in crop productivity, today there is increasing awareness that “business as usual” will not allow food production to keep pace with demand—a situation that may result in dramatic rises in food prices, poverty, and hunger (FAO, 2003, 2006; Royal Society of London, 2009; Koning and van Ittersum, 2009; Godfray et al., 2010)....
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...…today there is increasing awareness that “busiess as usual” will not allow food production to keep pace with emand—a situation that may result in dramatic rises in food prices, overty, and hunger (FAO, 2003, 2006; Royal Society of London, 009; Koning and van Ittersum, 2009; Godfray et al., 2010)....
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..., 2009) Sustainable agricultural intensification is defined as producing more output from the same area of land while reducing the negative environmental impacts and at the same time increasing contributions to natural capital and the flow of environmental services (Pretty, 2008; Royal Society, 2009; Conway and Waage, 2010; Godfray et al., 2010)....
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...All commentators now agree that food production worldwide will have to increase substantially in the coming years and decades (World Bank, 2008; IAASTD, 2009; Royal Society, 2009; Godfray et al., 2010; Lele et al., 2010)....
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...…is defined as producing more output from the same area of land while reducing the negative environmental impacts and at the same time increasing contributions to natural capital and the flow of environmental services (Pretty, 2008; Royal Society, 2009; Conway and Waage, 2010; Godfray et al., 2010)....
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...All commentators now agree that food production worldwide will have to increase substantially in the coming years and decades (World Bank, 2008; IAASTD, 2009; Royal Society, 2009; Godfray et al., 2010; Lele et al., 2010)....
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...At the same time, an unprecedented combination of pressures is emerging to threaten the health of existing social and ecological systems (Pretty, 2008; Royal Society, 2009; Godfray et al., 2010)....
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