Open AccessAchieving food and environmental security: new approaches to close the gap
Author(s) -
Guy M. Poppy,
P. C. Jepson,
John A. Pickett,
Michael A. Birkett
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
philosophical transactions of the royal society b biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.753
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1471-2970
pISSN - 0962-8436
DOI - 10.1098/rstb.2012.0272
Subject(s) - food security , computer science , biology , ecology , agriculture
Achieving food security in a ‘perfect storm’ scenario is a grand challenge for society. Unless 50% more food, 50% more energy and 30% more freshwater are available by 2030, a ‘perfect storm’ is envisaged where there would be simultaneous shortages of all of these on a global scale [[1][1]].
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