Overview Food Security at WUR
Food security means always having physical, social and economic access to enough, safe and healthy food. Ensuring food security poses major challenges because 9.7 billion people worldwide need to be fed by 2050. This page shows an overview of articles, videos and projects related to food security.
Food security @ WUR
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Voedselzekerheid
Voor overheden, bedrijven en burgers is toegang tot gezonde en evenwichtige voeding essentieel. Daarbij spelen duurzame en effectieve ketens, marktontwikkelingen en verantwoordelijkheid een belangrijke rol. Precies op deze gebieden is de expertise van de onderzoekers van Wageningen Economic Research beschikbaar.
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Feeding the world
Feeding the world is a challenge. We will have to feed 10 billion people by 2050. More pressingly, we will have to do so within our planet’s limits. This is not impossible, but consumption and production will have to change drastically for it to happen.
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Food security and the value of water (KB-35)
The United Nations strive for ‘zero hunger’ in 2030. Meanwhile, over the past years, the number of people suffering from hunger and malnutrition has increased on a global scale. Furthermore, food systems are vulnerable to climate change and are required to feed an ever-increasing population. These facts are felt primarily by the lower and middle social strata in Africa and Asia. Providing every world citizen with sufficient and healthy nutrition demands a transition towards sustainable food systems.
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