A Sustainability Challenge : Food Security for All : Report of Two Workshops /

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Corporate author / creator:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Food Security for All as a Sustainability Challenge.
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Food supply -- Statistics -- Research. Food supply -- Globalization -- Research. Food security -- Globalization -- Research. Hunger -- Nutrition -- Research. Sustainable agriculture -- Globalization. Food industry and trade -- Globalization. Food industry and trade. Food supply -- Research. Globalization. Sustainable agriculture. Electronic books. Conference papers and proceedings. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11131973

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ISBN:	9780309222648 0309222648 1280380209 9781280380204 9780309222631 030922263X
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Food Security for All as a Sustainability Challenge. Sustainability challenge. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012 9780309222631
Standard no.:	99949735194

Table of Contents:

Part I : measuring food insecurity and assessing the sustainability of global food systems, workshop one
Metrics for food insecurity and malnutrition
Measures of global poverty
Natural resources and agricultural productivity
The way forward
Part II : exploring sustainable solutions for increasing global food supplies, workshop two
Achieving sustainable food security : challenges and opportunities
Approaches to achieving sustainable food security
Political, economic, and institutional opportunities and barriers.

A Sustainability Challenge : Food Security for All : Report of Two Workshops /

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