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Food security: The challenge of feeding 9 billion people [1]

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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.

Publication Date: 
11/02/2010
H. Charles J. Godfray [2], John R. Beddington [3], Ian R. Crute & et al [4]
Science [5]
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Tags:
Food Security [6], Agriculture [7], Livestock [8], Climate Change [9], Water Conservation [10], Biotechnology [11], GM Crops [12], Food Prices [13], Food Supply [14], Aquaculture [15], Food Safety [16]

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[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-prices
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-supply
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aquaculture
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-safety