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Creating a sustainable food future. A menu of solutions to sustainably feed more than 9 billion people by 2050. World resources report 2013-14 : interim findings

Year: 2014

Type: book

Abstract: The world’s agricultural system faces a great balancing act. To meet different human needs, by 2050 it must simultaneously produce far more food for a population expected to reach about 9.6 billion, provide economic opportunities for the hundreds of millions of rural poor who depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, and reduce environmental impacts, including ecosystem degradation and high greenhouse gas emissions. The forthcoming 2013-14 World Resources Report, Creating a Sustainable Food Future, responds to this challenge with a menu of solutions that could achieve this balance. This report provides an initial analysis of the scope of the challenge and the technical prospects of different menu items

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Authors: Searchinger, Tim, Hanson, Craig, Ranganathan, Janet, Lipinski, Brian, Waite, Richard, Winterbottom, Robert, Dinshaw, Ayesha, Heimlich, Ralph, Boval, Maryline, Chemineau, Philippe, Dumas, Patrice, Guyomard, Herve, Kaushik, Sadasivam, Makowski, David, Manceron, Stéphane, Ben Ari, Tamara

Institutions: World Resources Institute, Princeton University, Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, CIRED, Agronomie

Language: English

Topic: Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, Responsible consumption and production, Climate action

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2944895876

FWCI: 8.247

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