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The first decade of the 21st century has seen several harbingers of a troubled future for global food security. The food price spike of 2008, with its consequent food riots and resulting political changes in several countries, awoke the world’s leaders to the re-emergence of this threat to human ...


Nelson, Gerald C.Rosegrant, Mark W.Palazzo, AmandaGray IIngersoll CRobertson, Richard D.Tokgoz SZhu, T.Sulser TBRingler, ClaudiaMsangi SYou, Liangzhi[Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: Scenarios, results, policy options]Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: Scenarios, results, policy options

Food security is a key global concern. By 2050, the global population will exceed 9 billion, and a 50% increase in annual agricultural output will be required to keep up with demand. There are significant additional pressures on existing agricultural land through increased competition from the bi...


Fritz, SteffenSee, LindaYou, LiangzhiJustice, ChrisBecker-Reshef, InbalBydekerke, LievenCumani, RenatoDefourny, PierreFoley, JonGilliams, SvenGong, PengHansen, MatthewHertel, Thomas W.Herold, MartinHerrero, Mario T.Kayitakire, FrancoisLatham JLeo OMcCallum, IanObersteiner, MichaelRamankutty NRocha JTang HThornton, Philip K.Vancutsem CVelde, M. van derWood SWoodcock C[The need for improved maps of global cropland]The need for improved maps of global cropland

Lack of accurate maps on the extent of global cropland, and particularly the spatial distribution of major crop types, hampers policy and strategic investment and could potentially impede efforts to improve food security in an environment characterized by continued market volatility and a changin...


See, LindaFritz, SteffenYou, LiangzhiRamankutty, R.Herrero, Mario T.Justice, ChrisBecker-Reshef, InbalThornton, Philip K.Erb, KarlheinzGong, PengTang, H.Velde, M. van derEricksen, Polly J.McCallum, IanKraxner, FlorianObersteiner, Michael[Improved global cropland data as an essential ingredient for food security]Improved global cropland data as an essential ingredient for food security

This paper describes the start of a data sharing process to develop a consolidated community cropland map, which was initiated through a recent workshop on characterizing and validating global agricultural land cover. Participants from different organizations around the world were asked to contri...


See, LindaFritz, SteffenThornton, Philip K.Justice, ChrisBecker-Reshef, InbalLeo OHerrero, Mario T.You, Liangzhi[Building a consolidated community global cropland map]Building a consolidated community global cropland map

The first decade of the 21st century has brought harbingers of a troubled future for global food security. The food-price spike of 2008 led to food riots and political change in several countries. In 2010, the excessive heat and drought in Russia that led to wildfires and a grain embargo, as well...


Nelson, Gerald C.Rosegrant, Mark W.Palazzo, AmandaGray IIngersoll CRobertson, Richard D.Tokgoz SZhu, T.Sulser TBRingler, ClaudiaMsangi SYou, Liangzhi[Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: challenges to 2050 and beyond]Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: challenges to 2050 and beyond

Iimi, AtsushiYou, LiangzhiWood-Sichra, UlrikeHumphrey, Richard Martin[ Agriculture Production and Transport Infrastructure in East Africa , An Application of Spatial Autoregression ]

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