Food security and environmental sustainability (FSES)
Food Security is a key individual right, but still far from being reality in many parts of the tropics (Millennium Development Goal 1). Trade and food-aid has widened the gap between net importers and net exporters of agricultural commodities and has reduced the need for countries to be self-sufficient. As (particularly urban) populations increase, the land area put to agricultural production increases worldwide, mainly in Africa and Latin America. This goes at the expense of the environment. Hence MDG 7 (Environmental Sustainability) is also at stake, and may be partly incompatible with MDG 1.
| Research theme | Food Security and Environmental Sustainability (FSES) |
| Research group leader | Prof. Dr. Ir. E.M.A. Smaling |
| Keywords | Agriculture, water, food production, soil, natural hazards, land use competition, land use planning and management, spatial resource analysis, impact assessment, scenario development |
| ITC theme code | 3 340 030 |
FSES - Annual report 2008 (1.2 MB)