A sustainability challenge : food security for all : report of two workshops / National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.).

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Food Security for All as a Sustainability Challenge.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply--Statistics--Research--Congresses.

Food supply.

Food supply--Research--Congresses.

Food security--Research--Congresses.

Food security.

Globalization--Congresses.

Globalization.

Sustainable agriculture--Congresses.

Sustainable agriculture.

Food industry and trade--Congresses.

Food industry and trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'The National Research Council's Science and Technology for Sustainability Program hosted two workshops in 2011 addressing the sustainability challenges associated with food security for all. The first workshop, Measuring Food Insecurity and Assessing the Sustainability of Global Food Systems, explored the availability and quality of commonly used indicators for food security and malnutrition; poverty; and natural resources and agricultural productivity. It was organized around the three broad dimensions of sustainable food security: (1) availability, (2) access, and (3) utilization. The workshop reviewed the existing data to encourage action and identify knowledge gaps. The second workshop, Exploring Sustainable Solutions for Increasing Global Food Supplies, focused specifically on assuring the availability of adequate food supplies. How can food production be increased to meet the needs of a population expected to reach over 9 billion by 2050? Workshop objectives included identifying the major challenges and opportunities associated with achieving sustainable food security and identifying needed policy, science, and governance interventions. Workshop participants discussed long term natural resource constraints, specifically water, land and forests, soils, biodiversity and fisheries. They also examined the role of knowledge, technology, modern production practices, and infrastructure in supporting expanded agricultural production and the significant risks to future productivity posed by climate change. This is a report of two workshops.'--Publisher's description.

Contents:

pt. 1. Measuring food insecurity and assessing the sustainability of global food systems, workshop one

pt. 2. Exploring sustainable solutions for increasing global food supplies, workshop two.

Notes:

"Committee on Food Security for All as a Sustainability Challenge, Science and Technology for Sustainability Program, Policy and Global Affairs."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613558114

9780309222662

0309222664

9781280380204

1280380209

9780309222648

0309222648

OCLC:

793347017