Food security means different things to different people. For some it is the surety of having milk or bread in the retail outlets. For others it means being able to eat that day. As the world's population is predicted to reach over 9 billion by 2050, food security will become an issue for everyone on our planet. Yet how it impacts each country's population, and how we tackle it requires a more holistic and multifactorial approach. Achieving food security will not be built on a �one size fits all� platform. Furthermore, a prerequisite for long term food security is the protection of our natural and limited resource base. Food security is therefore more than simply producing more food. The set of agriculture technologies available to farmers and ranchers will have major impact not only on agricultural production, but food consumption, trade and environmental quality in developing and developed countries. Access to food - another component of food security - is impacted not just by production capacity but by a host of socio-economic factors including government policies, trade barriers, demographics and shifts in global supply and demand. This presentation will examine the various economic and technology drivers impacting our food security, and address the role of agricultural technologies in achieving food security while protecting our environmental resources.

Global food security: What's in the mix?

248th National Meeting (2014)

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