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Food security and the environment

Year of publication 2001

Pages 2p.

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) With world population expected to reach 8 billion by 2030, pressure on the environment will continue to mount. The challenge of the coming years is to produce enough food to meet the needs of an additional 2 billion people while preserving and enhancing the natural resource base upon which the well-being of present and future generations depends.

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