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Over the last 50 years global food production has almost tripled. This increase has enabled the g... more Over the last 50 years global food production has almost tripled. This increase has enabled the global agrifood system to satisfy the rising food demand. Notwithstanding this result, in 2017 821 million people suffered from undernourishment, because of unequal distribution of food around the planet and within countries, and inefficient food distribution and utilization. Undernourishment is accompanied by the mirroring problems of malnutrition and overnutrition. The spectacular increase in global food production has often been achieved at the cost of erosion of the natural resources that form the basis of agriculture, including land, soil fertility, water, energy and biodiversity. In addition, global food losses and waste are estimated to reach the level of roughly one third of the food produced for human consumption, or 1.3 billion tons per year. Food and agriculture system are therefore called to undertake the transition towards their sustainability. This paper critically analyzes ...
Over the last 50 years global food production has almost tripled. This increase has enabled the g... more Over the last 50 years global food production has almost tripled. This increase has enabled the global agrifood system to satisfy the rising food demand. Notwithstanding this result, in 2017 821 million people suffered from undernourishment, because of unequal distribution of food around the planet and within countries, and inefficient food distribution and utilization. Undernourishment is accompanied by the mirroring problems of malnutrition and overnutrition. The spectacular increase in global food production has often been achieved at the cost of erosion of the natural resources that form the basis of agriculture, including land, soil fertility, water, energy and biodiversity. In addition, global food losses and waste are estimated to reach the level of roughly one third of the food produced for human consumption, or 1.3 billion tons per year. Food and agriculture system are therefore called to undertake the transition towards their sustainability. This paper critically analyzes ...