Achieving universal food security is a staggering challenge, especially in a world with an
expanding population, accelerating consumption, and many signals of a deteriorating global …

But another challenge looms. By 2050 the world's population will increase by two billion or
three billion, which will likely double the demand for food, according to several studies …

Continuing population and consumption growth will mean that the global demand for food
will increase for at least another 40 years. Growing competition for land, water, and energy …

Feeding the 9 billion people expected to inhabit our planet by 2050 will be an
unprecedented challenge. This special issue examines the obstacles to achieving global …

Despite significant progress the world continues to bear a triple burden of malnutrition.
These three burdens are related, but distinctly different, problems: energy deficiencies …

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 …

A realistic yet encouraging look at how society can change in ways that will allow us to feed
an expanding global population. This book addresses the question of how we can best feed …

How can the world adequately feed more than 9 billion people by 2050 in a manner that
advances economic development and reduces pressure on the environment? This is one of …

Historically, food security was the responsibility of ministries of agriculture but today that has
changed: decisions made in ministries of energy may instead have the greatest effect on the …

In 1999 global population surpassed 6 billion people, and this number rises by about 70-80
million people each year." Six Billion and Counting" examines the consequences of …