Big Facts on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

Food Security

In 2008 1/3 of world's adults overweight while 842m people undernourished via @cgiarclimate #BigFacts

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[FAO] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2013. The state of food insecurity in the world 2013: The multiple dimensions of food security. Rome: FAO. (Available from http://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/en/) [WHO] World Health Organization. 2012. Obesity and overweight. Fact sheet n°311. Geneva: WHO. (Available from http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/)

How does climate change impact food security? Get the #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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[FAO] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2013b. Food wastage footprint. Impacts on natural resources. Summary Report. Rome, Italy: FAO (Available from http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3347e/i3347e.pdf).

In 36 years 8.2 billion of world's 9.6bn will live in low/middle income countries #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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[UN-DESA] United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 2013. World Population prospects, the 2012 revision, highlights and advance tables. Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. New York. (Available from http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Documentation/pdf/WPP2010_Highlights.pdf)

By 2030, global consumption of animal protein will increase by 60% #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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[PBL] Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving. 2009. Milieubalans 2009. Bilthoven: Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving. (Available from http://www.pbl.nl/nl/publicaties/2009/milieubalans/)

From 2007 to 2050 global average calorie intake per person will increase by 36% via @cgiarclimate #BigFacts

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Alexandratos N, Bruinsma J. 2012. World agriculture towards 2030/2050: the 2012 revision. ESA Working Paper 12-03. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). (Available from http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/ap106e/ap106e.pdf)

To meet global food demand by 2050 agricultural production must increase by 60% via @cgiarclimate #BigFacts

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Alexandratos N, Bruinsma J. 2012. World agriculture towards 2030/2050: the 2012 revision. ESA Working Paper 12-03. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). (Available from http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/ap106e/ap106e.pdf)

60% increase in staple crop yields needed to meet food demand in 2050. Current yield falls short #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate

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Ray DK, Mueller ND, West PC, Foley JA. 2013. Yield Trends Are Insufficient to Double Global Crop Production by 2050. PLoS ONE 8(6), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066428.