Background

Food security is both a complex and challenging issue to resolve as it cannot be characterized or limited by geography nor defined by a single grouping, i.e., demography, education, geographic location or income. Currently, approximately one billion people (16% of global population) suffer from chronic hunger in a time when there is more than enough food to feed everyone on the planet. Therein lies the Food security challenge to implement an ability to deal with increasing food shortages, caused by a combination of waste and an ever expanding world population. At current levels prediction state that we must increase global food production by 70% on already over exploited finite infrastructures before 2050.

Scope and Approach

This review paper firstly introduces the concept of Food Security with an overview of its scale and depth in the context of the global food industry. It then highlights the main sources. The readership is then introduced to the key factors affecting food security and highlights the many national and international measures adopted to tackle the problem at both policy and technological level.

Key Findings and Conclusions

Food experts indicate that no one single solution will provide a sustainable food security solution into the future. Collective stakeholder engagement will prove essential in bringing about the policy changes and investment reforms required to achieve a solution. Achieving truly sustainable global food security will require a holistic systems-based approach, built on a combination of policy and technological reform, which will utilize existing systems combined with state-of-the-art technologies, techniques and best practices some of which are outlined herein.

中文翻译：

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全球粮食安全–问题，挑战和技术解决方案

背景

粮食安全既是一个复杂且具有挑战性的问题，因为它既不能通过地理特征来表征或限制，也不能通过人口，教育，地理位置或收入等单一组来定义。当前，在有足够的食物养活地球上每个人的时候，约有十亿人（占全球人口的16％）患有慢性饥饿。其中存在粮食安全挑战，即要有能力应对因废物和世界人口不断增加所造成的日益严重的粮食短缺。以目前的水平预测，到2050年之前，我们必须在已经过度利用的有限基础设施上将全球粮食产量提高70％。

范围和方法

本文首先介绍了粮食安全的概念，并概述了其在全球粮食行业中的规模和深度。然后重点介绍了主要来源。然后向读者介绍了影响粮食安全的关键因素，并重点介绍了在政策和技术层面解决该问题所采取的许多国家和国际措施。

主要发现和结论

食品专家指出，没有任何一种解决方案可以在未来提供可持续的粮食安全解决方案。利益相关者的集体参与对于实现解决方案所需的政策变化和投资改革将至关重要。要实现真正的可持续全球粮食安全，将需要以整体系统为基础的方法，以政策和技术改革相结合为基础，该方法将利用现有系统与最新技术，技术和最佳实践相结合的方法在此处。