Feeding the World in 2050
By 2050 the world will face the enormous challenge of feeding 9 billion people in the face of climate change, rising energy costs and pressure on food-growing land and resources. This is the first scholarly yet accessible account of the global food situation, synthesising the key issues in one volume.
By 2050 the world will be faced with the enormous challenge of feeding 9billion people despite being affected by climate change, rising energycosts and pressure on food growing land and other major resources. Howwill the world produce 70% more food by 2050 to feed a projected extra2.3 billion people?What will be the impact of food shortages and highprices on areas in crisis such as sub-Sahara Africa? Where will futureproduction growth come from? And how do we balance the need forenvironmental protection with sustainable agricultural productionmethods?
This is the first text to present a scholarly, balancedapproach to the contentious area of food production and supply up to2050 – offering a readable and well-informed account which tackles theglobal food situation in all its totality, from agricultural production,technological advance, dietary concerns, population changes, incometrends, environmental issues, government food and agriculture policy,trade, financial markets, macroeconomics and food security. Highlyaccessible and written by a specialist author with experience as anagricultural analyst, policy advisor and researcher, Global Food Futures synthesises the key issues in one volume.
