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Book (stand-alone)Expert meeting on How to Feed the World in 2050. FAO headquarters, 24-26 June 2009 2009
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No results found.In the first half of this century, global demand for food, feed and fibre is projected to increase by some 70 percent while, increasingly, crops may also be used for bioenergy and other industrial purposes. New and traditional demand for agricultural produce will thus put growing pressure on already scarce agricultural resources. And while agriculture will be forced to compete for land and water with sprawling urban settlements, it will also be required to serve on other major fronts: ad apting to and contributing to the mitigation of climate change, helping preserve natural habitats, and maintaining biodiversity. At the same time, fewer people will be living in rural areas and even fewer will be farmers. They will need new technologies to grow more from less land, with fewer hands. -
DocumentHigh Level Expert Forum on addressing food insecurity in protracted crises final report 2012
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No results found.The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Program (WFP), under the auspices of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), organised a High-Level Expert Forum (HLEF) on challenges and opportunities for addressing food insecurity in protracted crises. The process was also guided by an active Steering Committee, comprising representatives of FAO, IFAD, WFP, the High Level Task Force on Global Foo d Security (HLTF), the World Bank, OECD, the Brookings Institute, and the UN Peace Building Commission and Civil Society representatives. The HLEF took place from 13 to 14 September 2012 at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy. -
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