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How will the world be ablet ot feed close to 9 billion people in 2050 and still preserve the ecosystems? The 21st centruy has three challenges to meet concerning food and agriculture: food security in terms of both quantity and quality; protection of the environment an dnatural resources; and the increasing scarcity of fossil energies. In this perspective, INRA an dCIRAD launched the initiative, in 2006, to defelop a forsight projectofr analyssi issues pertaining to the world's food and agricultural systems on the 2050 timeline. -- Summary provided by publisher. |