The Importance of Trade for Food Security

May Yeung, William Kerr, Blair Coomber (), Matthew Lantz () and Alyse McConnell ()
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Matthew Lantz: Bryant Christie Inc.
Alyse McConnell: Bryant Christie Inc.

Chapter Chapter 2 in Declining International Cooperation on Pesticide Regulation, 2017, pp 11-18 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The important contribution International trade international trade has in meeting the Food security food security challenges that will arise in the first half of the twenty-first century is explained. The dual effect of rising Population population and increasing Incomes incomes among the world’s poorest Consumers consumers on food Demand demand is outlined. Slowing rates of increase in global Agricultural productivity agricultural productivityProductivity will add to the difficulties in increasing Food production food production. The areas where Food demand food demand will increase the most are not where increases in food production can take place, meaning that international movement of foodstuffs must fill the gap.

Keywords: Food demand; Food security; Population growth; Food production; Agricultural research; Productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60552-4_2

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