Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People

Charles J. Godfray, H.; R. Beddington, John; R. Crute, Ian; Haddad, Lawrence; Lawrence, David; F. Muir, James; Pretty, Jules; Robinson, Sherman; M. Thomas, Sandy; Toulmin, Camilla

doi:10.1126/science.1185383

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Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People

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Authors:

H. Charles J. Godfray

John R. Beddington

Ian R. Crute

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 requireme...

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