The World’s Challenge Feeding 9 Billion people /

• Main Authors: Guillou, Marion (Author), Matheron, Gérard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Sustainable development.; Social policy.; Agricultural economics.; Life Sciences.; Sustainable Development.; Agricultural Economics.; Social Policy.

Is the world headed toward a major food crisis? After several decades of seeming indifference, public opinion is slowly awakening to the fact that a daunting task lies ahead. If a global population of 9 billion by 2050 is to be fed adequately, more food must be produced, and this in keeping with inc...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1. Setting the stage
• 2. Eat well, eat better
• 3. Reducing losses and waste at consumption, distribution and processing levels
• 4. Reducing post-harvest losses in developing nations
• 5. Producing other goods
• 6. Managing ecosystem services
• 7. Will there be enough land?
• 8. The need to strive for productive yet ecological agriculture
• 9. Feeding the world starts with fighting poverty
• 10. Towards a global governance of food
• Conclusion
• References
• Glossary.