World agriculture : towards 2015/2030 : an FAO perspective

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World agriculture : towards 2015/2030 : an FAO perspective

edited by Jelle Bruinsma

Earthscan , FAO, 2003

  • : Earthscan : hd
  • : Earthscan : pbk
  • : FAO : pbk

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Volume

: Earthscan : pbk ISBN 9781844070077

Description

This report is FAO's latest assessment of the long-term outlook for the world's food supplies, nutrition and agriculture. It presents the projections and the main messages. The projections cover supply and demand for the major agricultural commodities and sectors, including fisheries and forestry. This analysis forms the basis for a more detailed examination of other factors, such as nutrition and undernourishment, and the implications for international trade. The report also investigates the implications of future supply and demand for the natural resource base and discusses how technology can contribute to more sustainable development. One of the report's main findings is that, if no corrective action is taken, the target set by the World Food Summit in 1996 (that of halving the number of undernourished people by 2015) is not going to be met. Nothing short of a massive effort at improving the overall development performance will free the developing world of its most pressing food insecurity problems. The progress made towards this target depends on many factors, not least of which are political will and the mobilization of additional resources. Past experience underlines the crucial role of agriculture in the development process, particularly where the majority of the population still depends on this sector for employment and income.

Table of Contents

Foreword by the Director-General of FAO * Explanatory Notes * Contributors to the Book * Introduction and Overview * Prospects for Food and Nutrition * Prospects for Aggregate Agriculture * and Major Commodity Groups * Crop Production and Natural Resource Use * Livestock Production * Forestry * Fisheries * Agriculture in Poverty Alleviation and Economic Development * Agricultural Trade, Trade Policies and the Global Food System * Globalization in Food and Agriculture * Selected Issues in Agricultural Technology * Agriculture and the Environment: Changing Pressures, Solutions and Trade-Offs * Climate Change and Agriculture: Physical and Human Dimensions * Appendixes * References * Acronyms
Volume

: Earthscan : hd ISBN 9781844070084

Description

This report is FAO's latest assessment of the long-term outlook for the world's food supplies, nutrition and agriculture. It presents the projections and the main messages. The projections cover supply and demand for the major agricultural commodities and sectors, including fisheries and forestry. This analysis forms the basis for a more detailed examination of other factors, such as nutrition and undernourishment, and the implications for international trade. The report also investigates the implications of future supply and demand for the natural resource base and discusses how technology can contribute to more sustainable development. One of the report's main findings is that, if no corrective action is taken, the target set by the World Food Summit in 1996 (that of halving the number of undernourished people by 2015) is not going to be met. Nothing short of a massive effort at improving the overall development performance will free the developing world of its most pressing food insecurity problems. The progress made towards this target depends on many factors, not least of which are political will and the mobilization of additional resources. Past experience underlines the crucial role of agriculture in the development process, particularly where the majority of the population still depends on this sector for employment and income.

Table of Contents

Foreword by the Director-General of FAO * Explanatory Notes * Contributors to the Book * Introduction and Overview * Prospects for Food and Nutrition * Prospects for Aggregate Agriculture * and Major Commodity Groups * Crop Production and Natural Resource Use * Livestock Production * Forestry * Fisheries * Agriculture in Poverty Alleviation and Economic Development * Agricultural Trade, Trade Policies and the Global Food System * Globalization in Food and Agriculture * Selected Issues in Agricultural Technology * Agriculture and the Environment: Changing Pressures, Solutions and Trade-Offs * Climate Change and Agriculture: Physical and Human Dimensions * Appendixes * References * Acronyms
Volume

: FAO : pbk ISBN 9789251048351

Description

This report contains the latest assessment by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the long-term outlook for the world's food supplies, nutrition and agriculture. The projections cover supply and demand for the major agricultural commodities and sectors, including fisheries and forestry; as well as issues such as nutrition and undernourishment, international trade, the implications of future supply and demand for the natural resource base, and how technology can contribute to more sustainable development. Findings include that, if no corrective action is taken, the target set by the World Food Summit in 1996, to reduce the number of undernourished people by 2015 by half, will not be met. A massive effort to improve the overall development performance is required to free the developing world of its most pressing food insecurity problems.

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  • NCID
    BA62094845
  • ISBN
    • 1844070085
    • 1844070077
    • 9251048355
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London,Roma
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 432 p.
  • Size
    30 cm
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