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Creating a sustainable food future: A menu of solutions to sustainably feed more than 9 billion people by 2050.TitleCreating a sustainable food future: A menu of solutions to sustainably feed more than 9 billion people by 2050. Author Corporate author Place of publicationWashington D.C (USA) PublisherWorld Resources Institute (WRI) Year of publication2014 Pagination154 Materialebook ISBN978-1-56973-817-7 External document NotesWorld Resources Report 2013–14: Interim Findings Abstract The world urgently needs to improve the way it produces and consumes food. In the coming decades, agriculture—which employs two billion people today—must provide enough food for a growing population and be an engine of inclusive economic and social development. However, the environmental impacts of agriculture are large and growing, creating risks for future food production. Today, we use roughly one-half of the planet’s vegetated land to grow food. The amount of land used for agriculture has grown by more than 10
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