Secure and nutritious food supplies are the foundation of human health and development,
and of stable societies. Yet food production also poses significant threats to the environment …

Can developing countries meet the food requirements of their growing populations without
jeopardizing a natural resource base that is already under great stress? Can increases in …

" The combined effects of climate change, energy scarcity, and water paucity require that we
radically rethink our agricultural systems. Countries can and must reorient their agricultural …

This chapter reviews key global trends and challenges facing agriculture and food systems
throughout the 21st century. A core question is whether today's agriculture and food systems …

The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research works to promote food
security, poverty eradication, and the sound management of natural resources throughout …

Food systems lie squarely at the intersection of several overarching goals of the UN and
member states, as embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals, including eliminating …

Improving global food systems is essential to addressing climate change, mitigating
biodiversity loss, and meeting both sustainability and human development goals …

Feeding the world's population while ensuring environmental sustainability is one of the
world's 'grand challenges'. While population and income will remain the most important …

The eighteenth-century Malthusian prediction of population growth outstripping food
production has not yet come to bear. Unprecedented agricultural land expansions since …

Over the past two centuries, the human population has grown sevenfold and the experts
anticipate the addition of 2–3 billion more during the twenty-first century. In the present …