Global Food Security and Supply (ePub)

With the global population projected to reach 9 billion by the
year 2050, the need for nations to secure food supplies for their
populations has never been more pressing. Finding better supply
chain solutions is an essential part of achieving a secure and
sustainable diet for a rapidly increasing population. We are now in
a position, through methods including life cycle assessment (LCA),
carbon footprinting and other tools, to accurately measure and
assess our use - or misuse - of natural resources,
including food. The impact of new technologies and management
systems can therefore improve efficiencies and find new ways to
reduce waste.

Global Food Security and Supply provides robust, succinct
information for people who want to understand how the global food
system works. The book demonstrates the specific tools available
for understanding how food supply works, addresses the challenges
facing a secure and safe global food supply, and helps readers to
appreciate how these challenges might be overcome.

This book is a concise and accessible text that focuses on
recent data and findings from a range of international
collaborations and studies. The author provides both a
snapshot of global food supply and security today, and a projection
of where these issues may lead us in the future. This book will
therefore be of particular interest to food policy leaders,
commercial managers in the food industry, and researchers and
students seeking a better understanding of a rapidly evolving
topic.