Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People

被引:7093
作者
Godfray, H. Charles J. [1 ,2 ]
Beddington, John R. [3 ]
Crute, Ian R. [4 ]
Haddad, Lawrence [5 ]
Lawrence, David [6 ]
Muir, James F. [7 ]
Pretty, Jules [8 ]
Robinson, Sherman [5 ]
Thomas, Sandy M. [3 ]
Toulmin, Camilla [9 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Zool, Oxford OX1 3PS, England
[2] Univ Oxford, Inst Biodivers, James Martin 21st Century Sch, Oxford OX1 3PS, England
[3] UK Govt Off Sci, London SW1H OET, England
[4] Agr & Hort Dev Board, Kenilworth CV8 2TL, Warwick, England
[5] Univ Sussex, Inst Dev Studies, Brighton BN1 9RE, E Sussex, England
[6] Syngenta AG, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
[7] Univ Stirling, Dept Biol Sci, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland
[8] Univ Essex, Dept Biol Sci, Colchester CO4 3SQ, Essex, England
[9] Int Inst Environm & Develop, London WC1H 0DD, England
关键词
LAND; AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABILITY; IMPACT; YIELDS;
D O I
10.1126/science.1185383
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:812 / 818
页数:7
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