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Global food security, contributions from sustainable potato agri-food systems.

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Title Global food security, contributions from sustainable potato agri-food systems.
 
Creator Devaux, A.
Goffart, J.
Petsakos, A.
Kromann, P.
Gatto, M.
Okello, J.J.
Suarez, V.
Hareau, Guy
 
Subject nutrition
crop management
supply chain
postharvest technology
potatoes
food security
 
Description In the coming decades, feeding the expanded global population nutritiously and sustainably will require substantial improvements to the global food system worldwide. The main challenge will be to produce more food with the same or fewer resources. Food security has four dimensions: food availability, food access, food use and quality, and food stability. Among several other food sources, the potato crop is one that can help match all these requirements worldwide due to its highly diverse distribution pattern, and its current cultivation and demand, particularly in developing countries with high levels of poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. After an overview of the current situation of global hunger, food security, and agricultural growth, followed by a review of the importance of the potato in the current global food system and its role played as a food security crop, this chapter analyzes and discusses how potato research and innovation can contribute to sustainable agri-food systems with reference to food security indicators. It concludes with a discussion about the challenges for sustainable potato cropping considering the needs to increase productivity in developing countries while promoting better resource management and optimization.
 
Date 2020
2019-12-17T03:40:19Z
2019-12-17T03:40:19Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Devaux, A.; Goffart, J.; Petsakos, A.; Kromann, P.; Gatto, M.; Okello, J.J.; Suarez, V.; Hareau, G. 2020. Global Food Security, Contributions from Sustainable Potato Agri-Food Systems. In: Campos H., Ortiz O. (eds). The Potato Crop. Cham (Switzerland). Springer, Cham. ISBN 978-3-030-28683-5. pp. 3-35.
9783030286828
9783030286835
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106191
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28683-5_1
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 3-35
 
Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC