Towards the Development of Guidelines for Improving the Sustainability of Diets and Food Consumption Patterns in the Mediterranean Area

Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division

Towards the Development of Guidelines for Improving the Sustainability of Diets and Food Consumption Patterns in the Mediterranean Area

The Sustainability of Food Systems in the Mediterranean Area. Session 1, Food Systems and Sustainable Diets: The Mediterranean Diet as a Pilot Study

Year of publication 2012

Author Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The challenge of feeding the growing world population, which is expected to reach 9 billion people in 2050, requires new strategies to ensure food security, in which dietary patterns are important drivers for building sustainable agricultural and food systems. ? Today, the main challenge for the food and agricultural sector is to simultaneously provide enough food, in quantity and quality, to meet nutritional needs and to conserve the natural resources for present and future generations. ? F AO estimates that in 2050 to satisfy the demand of a growing and richer population, with an increased meat demand, food production will have to increase by at least 60 percent in the next decades.

Language English

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