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T1 Food and Ecological Security: Identifying Synergy and Trade-offs - Policy Series Issue
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A2 Thiaw, Ibrahim
A2 Kumar, Pushpam
A2 Yashiro, Makiko
A2 Molinero, Carlota
K1 agriculture
K1 rural development
K1 food security
K1 livestock industry
K1 nutrition
YR 2011
FD 2011
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32154
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32154
NO Food security is at the top of the global agenda. Almost half a century of growth in food production notwithstanding, 1 in 7 people today receive insufficient protein and energy from their diets. With the world’s population and food consumption on the rise, the pressure on the food supply system is growing. Greater urbanization and income in countries in which meat consumption has traditionally been low have sparked an upsurge in demand for meat, putting more pressure on land. These trends in demographic dynamics and consumption patterns, combined with the threat of climate change and irreversible ecosystem service degradation, lead to increased uncertainty regarding current food production models. The delivery of ecosystem services by agricultural ecosystems is becoming increasingly important, what with ever more land being put to agricultural use.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 20, 2026