Publications
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Improving Productivity and Environmental Performance of Aquaculture
Creating a Sustainable Food Future, Installment Five
by , , , , , , , and -Installment 5 of Creating a Sustainable Food Future explores the potential role of aquaculture in meeting global fish demand in 2050, finding that aquaculture production...
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Creating a Sustainable Food Future: Interim Findings
A menu of solutions to sustainably feed more than 9 billion people by 2050
by , , , , , , and -The world’s agricultural system faces a great balancing act. To meet different human needs, by 2050 it must simultaneously produce far more food for a population expected to reach about 9.6 billion, provide economic opportunities for the hundreds of millions of rural poor who depend on...
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Improving Land and Water Management
Creating a Sustainable Food Future, Installment Four
by , , , , , and -In this working paper, Installment 4 of Creating a Sustainable Food Future, we examine the role of four improved land and water management practices and the effect they...
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Achieving Replacement Level Fertility
Creating a Sustainable Food Future, Installment Three
by , , , , and -The United Nations projects that world population will rise from just over 7 billion in 2012 to nearly 9.6 billion by 2050. This paper examines the nature of the population challenge globally, the effect of population growth on food demand in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the potential benefits―in...
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Reducing Food Loss and Waste
Creating a Sustainable Food Future, Installment Two
by , , , , and -About 24 percent of all calories currently produced for human consumption are lost or wasted. This paper examines the implications of this amount of loss and waste, profiles a number of approaches for reducing it, and puts forth five recommendations for how to move forward on this issue. "...
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The Great Balancing Act
Creating a Sustainable Food Future, Installment One
by , , , , , , and -How can the world adequately feed more than 9 billion people by 2050 in a manner that advances economic development and reduces pressure on the environment? This is one of the paramount questions the world faces over the next four decades. “The Great Balancing Act” seeks to start answering this...
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World Resources Report 2010-2011
Decision Making in a Changing Climate
by , , and -Based on input from more than 100 experts in 36 countries, this report offers specific, practical strategies and innovative case studies to inform how to integrate climate change risks into national policies and planning.
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World Resources 2008
Roots of Resilience - Growing the Wealth of the Poor
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World Resources 2005 -- The Wealth of the Poor
Managing Ecosystems to Fight Poverty
by , , and -Ecosystems are---or can be---the wealth of the poor. For many of the 1.1 billion people living in severe poverty, nature has always been a daily lifeline---an asset for those with few other material assets.
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World Resources 2002-2004
Decisions for the Earth: Balance, voice, and power
by , , and -This edition focuses on the importance of good environmental governance by exploring how citizens, government managers, and business owners can foster better environmental decisions that meet the needs of people and ecosystems with equity and balance.
