Food security: the challenge of feeding 9 billion people

Science. 2010 Feb 12;327(5967):812-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1185383. Epub 2010 Jan 28.

Abstract

Continuing population and consumption growth will mean that the global demand for food will increase for at least another 40 years. Growing competition for land, water, and energy, in addition to the overexploitation of fisheries, will affect our ability to produce food, as will the urgent requirement to reduce the impact of the food system on the environment. The effects of climate change are a further threat. But the world can produce more food and can ensure that it is used more efficiently and equitably. A multifaceted and linked global strategy is needed to ensure sustainable and equitable food security, different components of which are explored here.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Agriculture* / economics
  • Agriculture* / methods
  • Agriculture* / statistics & numerical data
  • Aquaculture
  • Commerce
  • Conservation of Natural Resources
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Developed Countries
  • Developing Countries
  • Diet
  • Food Handling
  • Food Supply* / economics
  • Food Supply* / statistics & numerical data
  • Food* / economics
  • Food* / statistics & numerical data
  • Food, Genetically Modified
  • Genetic Engineering
  • Humans
  • Malnutrition / epidemiology
  • Population Growth