articleSustainabilityOct 20, 2019GOLD OA

The Challenge of Feeding the World

University of Debrecen

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Abstract

The aim of the present research is to provide a comprehensive review about the current challenges related to food security and hidden hunger. Issues are presented according to major factors, such as growing population, changing dietary habits, water efficiency, climate change and volatile food prices. These factors were compiled from reports of major international organizations and from relevant scientific articles on the subject. Collecting the results and presenting them in an accessible manner may provide new insight for interested parties. Accessibility of data is extremely important, since food security and its drivers form a closely interconnected but extremely complex network, which requires coordinated…

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Keywords
  • Food security
  • Agriculture
  • Business
  • Natural resource economics
  • Agricultural productivity
  • Consumption (sociology)
  • Population
  • Food processing
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Zero hunger
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