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Trade and Environment Review 2013 : Wake up before it is too Late - Make Agriculture Truly Sustainable now for Food Security in a Changing Climate _ / United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- United Nations, author, issuing body.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commercial policy--Environmental aspects.
- Commercial policy.
- Economic development--Environmental aspects.
- Economic development.
- Environmental policy--Economic aspects.
- Environmental policy.
- International trade--Environmental aspects.
- International trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 321 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York : United Nations, 2013.
- Summary:
- The 2013 report warns that continuing rural poverty, persistent hunger around the world, growing populations, and mounting environmental concerns must be treated as a collective crisis. Urgent and far-reaching action is needed before climate change begins to cause major disruptions to agriculture, especially in developing countries. The report cites a number of trends that collectively suggest a mounting crisis, including increasing food prices, increased fertilizer use, and a decline in the agriculture growth rate. But most important of all are the persistent problems with hunger, malnutrition, and access to food. Almost 1 billion people currently suffer from hunger, and another 1 billion are malnourished, even though current global agricultural production already provides sufficient calories to feed a population of 12 to 14 billion.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 92-1-054175-8
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