Global food security and supply / Wayne Martindale.

"With the global population projected to reach 9 billion by the year 2050, the need for nations to secure food supplies for their populations has never been more pressing. Finding better supply chain solutions is an essential part of achieving a secure and sustainable diet for a rapidly increasing population. We are now in a position, through methods including life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon footprinting and other tools, to accurately measure and assess our use - or misuse - of natural resources, including food. The impact of new technologies and management systems can therefore improve efficiencies and find new ways to reduce waste. Global Food Security and Supply provides robust, succinct information for people who want to understand how the global food system works. The book demonstrates the specific tools available for understanding how food supply works, addresses the challenges facing a secure and safe global food supply, and helps readers to appreciate how these challenges might be overcome. This book is a concise and accessible text that focuses on recent data and findings from a range of international collaborations and studies. The author provides both a snapshot of global food supply and security today, and a projection of where these issues may lead us in the future. This book will therefore be of particular interest to food policy leaders, commercial managers in the food industry, and researchers and students seeking a better understanding of a rapidly evolving topic"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of Contents; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; About the Author; Preface; Introduction; A Reflection on Why We Should Care about Food Security; The Impact of Changing Worldviews; Decoupling Production and Profit; Wider Changes in the Food System; The Food System; The Future of Food; References; 1: The Basis for Food Security; 1.1    Defining What Food Security Is and How Food Supply Chains Can Deliver It; 1.2    The Convergence of Food Security Research, Economics, and Policy; 1.3    The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

1.4    Measuring Hunger in a Changing World to Establish Security1.5    The Undernutrition and Overnutrition Gap; 1.6    The Supply Chain and Nutrition Gaps; 1.7    The Relationship between Food Security and Biology; 1.8    The Relationship between Food Security and Biotechnology; 1.9    Genetic Diversity of Agricultural Crops and Livestock; 1.10    Trade Agreements and the Development of Agricultural Supply; References; 2: Understanding Food Supply Chains; 2.1    Current Methods of Assessing Food Supply Chain Efficiencies That Enable Food Security Projections

2.2    How Population Growth and Limiting Factors Define Demand and Food Security2.3    Global Population Estimates and Projections; 2.4    Consumption and Population Growth: Demonstrating the Impact of Dietary Changes and Transitions; 2.5    Optimising Nutrition across Supply Chains Is the Focus of the Second Green Revolution; 2.6    The Emergence of Sustainable Farming Reconnecting Supply Chains: A Case Study of the Establishment of the Landcare Movement in Australia

2.7    The Long-Term Field Experiments at Rothamsted and Their Power of Demonstrating Good Nutrient Balance in Agriculture Has Been Crucial to the Development of Sustainable Food Supply2.8    Long-Term Field Experiments Hold Critical Data That Provide Our Understanding of Nutrient Flows in Farming Systems So That Sustainable Food Supply Chains Are Developed; 2.9    The Sustainable Production of Livestock and Long-Term Data; 2.10    The Historical Proof of the Value of Agricultural Innovations in Providing Food Security

2.11    The Relationship between Field Trials, Investments, and InnovationReferences; 3: The Scientific Basis for Food Security; 3.1    The Supply of Essential Plant Nutrients; 3.2    Plant Nutrients and Phytonutrients in the Food Supply Chain: Establishing a Nutritional Understanding Using Human Trials; 3.3    Biomass, the Base of the Supply Chain; 3.4    The Interception of Light by Crop Canopies: How the Molecular Scale Impacts on Food Supply Chain Efficiency; 3.5    The Requirement for Breeding New Crop Varieties and Selecting for Increased Sink Capacity of Crops