(Ebook) Emerging Technologies For Promoting Food Security: Overcoming The World Food Crisis by Chandra Madramootoo, (ed.) ISBN 9781845695521, 9780857090225, 9781845691950, 9781845690106, 1845695526, 0857090224, 1845691954, 1845690109

(Ebook) Emerging Technologies For Promoting Food Security: Overcoming The World Food Crisis by Chandra Madramootoo, (ed.) ISBN 9781845695521, 9780857090225, 9781845691950, 9781845690106, 1845695526, 0857090224, 1845691954, 1845690109

Wrong Picture of Book CoverGlobal food insecurity affects one in eight people or 870 million worldwide, with two-thirds of these people found in Sub-Saharan Africa, India, and China (FAO, 2013). Food insecurity is driven by multiple factors that may affect food production, availability, and stability of food supplies, as well as food prices at national, community, or household levels. The key drivers of global food insecurity are rising demand for food, climate change, natural resource availability, biofuel production, and a lack of public and private investment in infrastructure (roads, electricity, etc.), and research and development in the agricultural sector. The price of food also plays a major role in food insecurity and is directly and indirectly affected by the key drivers. The degree of importance of each key driver varies between countries or regions according to their unique set of physical, economic, and social circumstances.