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   The future of food and farming: challenges and choices for global sustainability

   January, 2011

   Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Moldova, Belarus, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Eastern Europe, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Asia, Northern America, Northern Africa, Eastern Asia, Oceania, Southern Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Land & Food Security

   food security

   climate change

   land use

   fisheries

   poverty

   agriculture

   The global food system will experience an unprecedented combination of pressures over the next 40 years. Global population size will increase and competition for land, water and energy will intensify, while the effects of climate change will become increasingly apparent. Over this period, globalisation will continue, exposing the food system to novel economic and political pressures.This final report of the Foresight Global Food and Farming Futures Project argues that decisive action needs to take place now. The report identifies five considerable challenges ahead:

2. Library Resource

   

   Trade and Climate Change Implications for Food Security in Mainland Southeast Asia

   January, 2010

   Vietnam, Oceania, Eastern Asia, Southern Asia

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Land & Food Security

   food security

   climate change

   land use

   research

   environment

   land

   This policy brief discusses the issue of food security in relation to trade and the anticipated impacts of climate change within Southeast Asia. It begins by contextualizing the debate before examining the manner in which trade, climate change and food security are interlinked within the Mekong region. The brief goes onto examine Cambodia as a case study in order to establish lessons for other countries in the region.