ABSTRACT

During the past few years, two issues have somewhat dominated the future of world agriculture. The first is that the world population that has passed 7 billion people in 2011 is expected to reach more than 9 billion by 2050. Even more daunting, while the world population is expected to increase by about 30%, food production, particularly cereals, is expected to increase 70% or more because of increasing prosperity that is resulting in changing diets that include more meat, eggs, and dairy products. At the same time, an increasing number of people think our global food system is rapidly approaching, if not already in, a condition of crisis, and a conversion to sustainable

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