Open AccessFood and energy security: exploring the challenges of attaining secure and sustainable supplies of food and energy
Author(s) -
Parry Martin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
food and energy security
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 2048-3694
DOI - 10.1002/fes3.1
Subject(s) - food security , energy security , business , population , natural resource economics , food systems , sustainability , world population , agriculture , renewable energy , environmental economics , environmental resource management , engineering , economics , geography , ecology , sociology , demography , archaeology , electrical engineering , biology
Given the rise in human population and the inevitable consequences of climate change, the challenges of achieving secure and sustainable supplies of both food and energy are Herculean. With the launch of this open access, multidisciplinary journal, our intention is to offer a forum for the discussion of the most important advances in this field and to promote an integrative approach of scientific disciplines.