This document discusses solutions for sustainably feeding over 9 billion people by 2050. It notes that reducing food loss and waste could close around 22% of the "food gap." Specifically, cutting the rate of food loss and waste in half by 2050 could reduce needed calorie production increases. Shifting diets towards healthier, more efficient options like plant-based proteins and achieving replacement level fertility worldwide also feature prominently in the sustainable food future solutions discussed. Achieving replacement level fertility, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, could significantly reduce projected population growth.
The Brussels Development Briefing n. 56 on The Land-Water-Energy nexus and the Sustainability of the Food System organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid, the ACP Secretariat and Concord was held on 3rd of July 2019, 9h00-13h00 at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels, Room C.
What stories will impact people and the planet in 2014? On 18 February 2014, Executive Vice President and Managing Director Manish Bapna offered his perspectives on the major global developments in economics, business, natural resources and sustainability in the coming year. The event was hosted by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands. Find out more at http://www.wri.org.
1. California has a Mediterranean climate with wet winters and dry summers, creating major water needs for agriculture which uses 80% of human water usage.
2. The state has decentralized water management across multiple state and federal agencies and thousands of local water agencies, making policy changes difficult.
3. Major droughts and floods periodically test California's water infrastructure and policies, spurring innovation and progress on issues like groundwater management and conservation.
1. Climate change is projected to increase water-related risks like water shortages and floods through changes in water quantity and quality. This poses challenges for the agriculture sector.
2. Adaptation options like improving water storage, irrigation systems, and rainfed agriculture as well as policies around trade, population growth, and pollution management need to be comprehensively assessed to address impacts on water availability, agricultural production, and food security under climate change.
3. Both water-based technical solutions and non-water policy options will be important to manage the growing problems of water variability, scarcity, and degradation exacerbated by climate change and socioeconomic development.
The document summarizes the role of groundwater in global food security. Some key points:
- Groundwater irrigation currently provides 43% of irrigation water globally and supports 10% of global food production.
- An estimated 15.5-18.5% of global groundwater irrigation relies on non-renewable groundwater resources, threatening future food security.
- The document analyzes data on groundwater depletion rates, irrigation intensities, food production dependent on groundwater, and potential for increasing sustainable groundwater irrigation in Africa and elsewhere.
- It concludes that urgent action is needed to address increasing reliance on non-sustainable groundwater for food production and potential solutions involve broader food and water policies.
This document summarizes a study on future water availability and food security in the Nile Basin. Population growth is increasing food demand substantially by 2025. The study models three scenarios for meeting this demand: national priorities, upstream control, and basin cooperation. Basin cooperation through improved rainfed agriculture, irrigation, hydropower, and food trade could increase agricultural production by 38% and gross profits by $1154 million, better satisfying needs across the region. Stabilizing political relations and optimizing water allocation over space and time are keys to ensuring long-term food security for all Nile Basin countries.
Metrics and sustainable diets was the focus of a presentation by Thomas Allen of Bioversity International delivered at the Joint Conference on Sustainable Diet and Food Security co-organized by the Belgian Nutrition Society, The Nutrition Society and Société Française de Nutrition on 28 and 29 May 2013 in Lille, France under the auspices of the Federation of European Nutrition Societies, a conference on Sustainable Diet and Food Security. : A system approach to assessing Sustainable Diets. Read more about Bioversity International’s work on diet diversity for nutrition and health
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/diet-diversity/
The Brussels Development Briefing n. 56 on The Land-Water-Energy nexus and the Sustainability of the Food System organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid, the ACP Secretariat and Concord was held on 3rd of July 2019, 9h00-13h00 at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels, Room C.
Valuing Our Food: Minimizing Waste and Optimizing Resources - The Scope of th...Steven M. Finn
The document discusses the global problem of food waste and its significance. Some key points:
- Approximately 1/3 of all food produced for human consumption globally is wasted every year, amounting to about 1.3 billion tons annually with an economic value of nearly $1 trillion.
- Food waste has direct links to issues of global hunger, as reducing food waste by just 25% could feed the 870 million undernourished people worldwide. It also has major environmental impacts in terms of wasted resources, greenhouse gas emissions, and increased pressure on land and water supplies.
- There are opportunities to make progress on eliminating global hunger and optimizing resources through a collaborative, global effort to significantly reduce food waste and
Make Water Matter: A Review of Today's Water Issuesconnect4water
Make Water Matter: A Review of Today's Water Issues.
This SlideShare discusses the major issues our global society is faced with relative to Water Security, Quality, and Hazards. We also discuss how water is linked to all aspects of life ranging from food to energy.
Our goal is to promote awareness, encourage individuals to take action, and to "Make Water Matter!"
Valuing our food and water resources steven m. finn - june 2014Steven M. Finn
A presentation linking three intertwined topics - food security, water security, and food recovery - with a focus on the need to change behavior and give the proper value to our food and water resources in order to successfully feed 9 billion by 2050. Doing so requires minimizing food and water waste while viewing 9Bx2050 not only as a challenge, but as an opportunity to advance critical sustainability initiatives globally.
Forests, biodiversity and food securityCIFOR-ICRAF
The world faces many challenges in attempting to achieve global food
security, and one of those challenges is the continuing loss of forests and
biodiversity. How do we feed the world’s growing population while
maintaining its biodiversity? The answer could be in new approaches to
integrating agriculture and biodiversity.
CIFOR scientist Terry Sunderland explores the links between forests,
biodiversity and food security in this presentation, which he recently gave at the
2nd World Biodiversity Congress in Malaysia to more than 150 delegates.
Food is essential for survival but many around the world do not have reliable access to enough nutritious food. Hunger exists in degrees from acute to chronic to hidden and is caused by factors like drought, poverty, and unequal access to resources. Around 925 million people do not have enough to eat, with 65% living in just seven highly populated countries. Tree planting is proposed as a solution to prevent further loss of arable land and help increase future food production, though it will take time. Achieving global food security and nutrition will require sustainable and equitable food systems.
The document discusses the role of agricultural biodiversity in improving nutrition and diets in developing countries. It notes that loss of biodiversity has contributed to poor nutrition outcomes and outlines several traditional agroecosystems that optimize both yields and nutrient outputs through the use of diverse crop combinations and intercropping practices. These systems provide dietary diversity and complementarities that help address micronutrient deficiencies. The document also raises important open questions about how to scale agricultural biodiversity approaches to improve nutrition security.
Environmental Impact of the US Food Systemrobabrams
The US food system has significant environmental impacts, including soil depletion and water pollution from monoculture farming encouraged by subsidies. Farm subsidies promote overproduction of corn, wheat, soybeans and cotton, leading farmers to plant these crops continuously which depletes soils of nutrients and increases need for fertilizers. Excess fertilizers pollute waterways, causing algae blooms and "dead zones". While GMOs reduce some pesticide use, they carry environmental risks like herbicide-resistant weeds. Large-scale industrial agriculture also contributes to greenhouse gas emissions through fertilizer use, shipping of commodities over long distances, and fuel used in production. To help address these issues, people can make choices to eat local and organic foods.
The document discusses the social dimensions of climate change, noting that climate change impacts are deeply intertwined with global inequality and threaten development gains, so both aggressive mitigation and pro-poor adaptation are needed, with a focus on social equity, governance, and protecting vulnerable groups. It also outlines the World Bank's work on these social aspects of climate change across regions, countries, and initiatives.
Food systems and natural resources-2016 Food Security and Climate change im...New Food Innovation Ltd
"We are what we eat, they say . Our Existence and, therefore, any of aspirations we might have as a society depend on the availability of , and access to, food. At the same time , our food depends on the state of natural resources .The Food we grow, harvest and trade , transport , store , sell and consumer is therefore one of the essential connecting threads between culture and wellbeing, their health and that of the planet
The transformative role of livestock in the developing worldILRI
Presented by Christopher Delgado (World Resources Institute) at the ILRI@40 side event on Livestock-based options for sustainable food systems, Des Moines, USA, 15 October 2014
This document discusses the challenges of ensuring global food security in the face of population growth and climate change. It outlines four dimensions of food security and notes that over 900 million people were undernourished as of 2010 due to food price increases and low purchasing power. The main drivers threatening food security are identified as population growth, urbanization, rising affluence, and global climate change. The impacts of climate change like extreme heat, droughts, floods, and storms are expected to negatively impact food availability, access, and stability. Potential strategies discussed to address this issue include reducing food loss and waste, prioritizing human food over animal feed, developing improved and resilient crop varieties, organic agriculture, and utilizing alternative foods like seawe
This document discusses the relationship between forests and achieving SDG 2 of ending hunger and malnutrition. It argues that forests directly and indirectly contribute to targets of ensuring access to food, ending malnutrition, conserving genetic diversity, and supporting smallholder farmers. Integrating forests into agriculture through approaches like agroforestry can help create more sustainable and resilient food production systems. However, challenges remain in changing policies, behaviors, land access issues, and longstanding institutional structures to fully realize the potential of forests for achieving food security goals. The takeaway is that forests are integral, not obstacles, to agriculture and meeting SDG 2 will require recoupling nature and food production through landscape-level integrated approaches.
This document discusses adaptation finance. It begins by defining adaptation and adaptation finance, noting that adaptation finance is context specific, dynamic, and not solely about providing money. It then discusses accountability and transparency efforts through the Adaptation Finance Accountability Initiative. The document reviews estimates of needed adaptation finance amounts and whether current funding is on track. It analyzes adaptation finance flows in Nepal, Philippines, Uganda, and Zambia based on five principles of good delivery: transparency, ownership, responsiveness, participation, and equity. The analysis finds room for improvement in meeting all five principles. The document concludes by outlining next steps for in-depth tracking of adaptation finance in selected districts and funds in each country.
The document summarizes discussions from a Global Forest Watch partnership meeting about advancing forest monitoring technologies. It covered several topics:
1) Differentiating forest types and disturbances using remote sensing to provide more detailed context for tree cover loss. This included classifications for managed vs. natural forests, primary vs. degraded forests, and stand-replacement vs. non-stand-replacement disturbances.
2) Increasing the spatial resolution of forest monitoring using data from Planet Labs that can image the entire land surface of the Earth nearly every day. This high frequency of observations allows for more accurate tracking of infrastructure development and natural disasters.
3) Increasing the temporal frequency of monitoring using multi-sensor approaches that combine Landsat, Sentinel
The document discusses building data pipelines in the cloud. It covers serverless data pipeline patterns using services like BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Dataflow, and Cloud Pub/Sub. It also compares Cloud Dataflow and Cloud Dataproc for ETL workflows. Key questions around ingestion and ETL are discussed, focusing on volume, variety, velocity and veracity of data. Cloud vendor offerings for streaming and ETL are also compared.
What stories will impact people and the planet in 2013?
Dr. Andrew Steer, President & CEO, presents his views for where the world is headed in international development, climate change, energy, sustainable business, natural resources, and more.
What will be the big news stories? Who will be the change makers? And, why does it all matter?
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, STORIES TO WATCH 2013 takes place on 15 January 2013 and welcomes media representatives, policymakers, business leaders, and consultants who want to know what trends will shape the world in the coming year.
Find out more at http://www.wri.org/event/2013/01/stories-watch-2013
This slideshow highlights the first-ever multinational Eco-Audit of the Mesoamerican Reef.
The Eco-Audit evaluates efforts to protect and sustainably manage the region’s coral reefs, celebrates management success stories, and documents the extent to which recommended management actions have been implemented in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
Visit wri.org/reefs to learn more about the World Resources Institute’s collaboration with the Healthy Reef Initiative to develop and implement the Eco-Audit of the Mesoamerican Reef.
Full analysis of Chipotle in the marketplace and social media objectives for increasing brand awareness via online. Data is not entirely accurate. For college course.
The document provides a user guide for the Forest Cover Analyzer webtool. It allows users to visually assess forest cover change in Kalimantan, Indonesia and analyze selected areas. The user interface includes tools to explore tree cover maps and additional layers, draw or upload areas of interest to analyze, and view a summary of results for the selected areas.
This webinar – co-hosted by WRI and CDP – takes a close look at how companies can use Aqueduct and respond to the 2013 CDP Water Questionnaire. The webinar explains step by step the Aqueduct tool functionalities and data input requirements, as well as an overview of how to interpret the results and respond to the CDP Water Disclosure 2013 Information Request. For more information visit http://www.wri.org/event/2013/05/webinar-aqueduct-corporate-water-disclosure
On January 13th, WRI President and CEO Dr. Andrew Steer presented the big stories that will shape the world in 2016. How do we turn the Paris Agreement from promise to action?What are the major trends in energy, finance, business, food and cities? Which countries will be in the spotlight?
Diversity in global food supplies and the implications for food securityColin Khoury
Presentation to Australian Grains Genebank, 21 March 2016, Horsham, Australia.
Presentation to Agribio, La Trobe University, 18 March 2016, Melbourne, Australia.
Innovation for Food Waste - Conference Keynote 5th March 2014Tony Cooke
Keynote presentation on innovation for food waste delivered at Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester on 5th March 2014. Tony Cooke is executive director and co-founder of VEX, a catalyst for collaborative innovation.
Healthy Behaviour, Food Safety and Quality Policy Comparison FINSophia Amenyah
The document compares policies related to healthy lifestyles, food safety and quality in Indonesia, Ghana, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. All countries have ongoing policies but objectives, targets and implementation differ. Key actors involved in implementation vary between countries. Monitoring and evaluation processes exist but could be strengthened, especially by adding quantifiable indicators. Funding and infrastructure limitations were identified. Recommendations include ensuring policies are evidence-based, participatory and focused on self-efficacy with improved evaluation to create effective future policies.
The Turkana area of Kenya, one of the poorest in Africa, is undergoing major changes, primarily linked to the discovery of oil in the region. These maps start to uncover some of the potential impacts of these changes on people and the environment.
In October 2011, WRI launched a five-year global initiative to advance the progress of building environmentally sustainable and livable cities in China, India, and Brazil. We intend to develop low-carbon city models and pathways for environmentally sustainable urbanization, by partnering with four urban centers to increase energy efficiency, curb greenhouse gas emissions, and improve water quality, urban mobility and land use.
Lessons from India on how companies, utilities and government can work together to power industry with affordable clean energy. Learn more at https://www.wri.org/events/2017/03/webinar-how-companies-are-buying-clean-energy-india
The presentation discusses various aspects of Corporate Governance and involved issues, keeping in view the recent developments and controversies arose in conglomerates such as Tata and Infosys. It aims at portraying the extant position in filed of Corporate Governance vis-a-vis a pragmatic view of what it would be.
Tame Big Data with Oracle Data IntegrationMichael Rainey
In this session, Oracle Product Management covers how Oracle Data Integrator and Oracle GoldenGate are vital to big data initiatives across the enterprise, providing the movement, translation, and transformation of information and data not only heterogeneously but also in big data environments. Through a metadata-focused approach for cataloging, defining, and reusing big data technologies such as Hive, Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), HBase, Sqoop, Pig, Oracle Loader for Hadoop, Oracle SQL Connector for Hadoop Distributed File System, and additional big data projects, Oracle Data Integrator bridges the gap in the ability to unify data across these systems and helps deliver timely and trusted data to analytic and decision support platforms.
Co-presented with Alex Kotopoulis at Oracle OpenWorld 2014.
An Invite to Visit from Former University Faculty Colleague named Kumar in India now
At the invitation of our former colleague at the university named Kumar, our small party of four, lead by Professor Bob Donnelly, his lady, Lynda Stein, myself, Professor Yamin Ji, and our retiring to India graduate student Mita and her spouse Alex, are now preparing for a month long visit to Waldenthree Twin during fall semester break.
Why vegan ? Important Facts from cowspiracy.com and Dr Neal Barnard's Diabete...Sandeep Jain
Animal agriculture is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, and land use according to this document. Some key points:
- Animal agriculture accounts for at least 32,000 million tons of carbon dioxide per year, or 51% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.
- It requires about 34-76 trillion gallons of water annually, with livestock feed crops alone consuming 56% of US water. Over 2,500 gallons are needed to produce 1 pound of beef.
- Livestock occupies about 1/3 of earth's ice-free land and 45% of the planet's total land. Nearly half of the contiguous US is devoted to animal agriculture.
Presented by IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Claudia Ringler at the International Workshop on Innovation in Modelling Coupled Natural and Human Systems Related to Water, Tübingen, May 31 & June 1, 2017.
Food waste occurs at all stages of production and consumption worldwide. As much as half of all food is wasted globally according to some estimates. In developed countries, over 100 kg of food per person per year is wasted at the consumption stage. Food waste has negative environmental impacts, requiring vast amounts of land, water and fuel to produce uneaten food. Reducing food waste through better planning, donation of excess food, and composting could help address world hunger and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
The Big Facts project provides peer-reviewed facts about climate change, agriculture and food security. It aims to serve as a credible resource for fact-checking. One topic covered is global food waste, which accounts for 6-10% of greenhouse gas emissions. High-income countries waste more food per person than low-income countries. Reducing losses throughout the supply chain, from production to consumption, could help address food insecurity and climate change.
This document discusses the problem of food waste in America. It finds that 40% of food in the US goes uneaten each year, costing the average family of four between $1,350-2,275 annually. Food waste has negative environmental impacts as it squanders resources used in food production like land, water and oil. The document examines reasons for food waste at the consumer level in America, such as oversized portions, availability of cheap food, and marketing of deals that encourage overbuying. It suggests consumers have the power to reduce waste but must shift attitudes around valuing food more.
This document discusses sustainable consumption and the circular economy. It notes that while progress has been made, western societies still lead in consumption and developing countries seek to emulate unsustainable western growth models. Current economic growth is still linked to rising consumption, putting pressure on limited resources. A circular economy approach is needed to address these challenges and close the expected gap between global food availability and demand by 2050 through solutions like reducing food loss and waste, improving productivity, and shifting to more sustainable diets. Some signs of corporate leadership on sustainability issues are emerging but it remains a low priority for many boards. An approach beyond business as usual is required to manage risks to the environment and economy.
Food planet health Fabrice DeClerck CLUES 2020Alain Vidal
The document discusses a report from the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems. It outlines the commission's goal of achieving healthy diets for nearly 10 billion people by 2050 through 1 goal, 2 targets, and 5 strategies. The targets are defined as healthy reference diets and planetary boundaries for environmental systems. Modeling was used to analyze measures to stay within boundaries while delivering healthy diets.
Food waste is a serious global issue, with about 1.3 billion tonnes (a third of all food produced) wasted each year. This wasted food could feed the 870 million malnourished people globally. Most food waste occurs at the production, distribution, and consumer levels. Reducing food waste through better consumer education and behaviors, improved infrastructure for storage and transport, and recycling of waste through processes like anaerobic digestion could significantly reduce environmental impacts from food production and help address world hunger.
The document summarizes the major challenges facing the global agricultural system by 2050:
1) A 70% "food gap" must be closed to feed a projected population of 9.6 billion people while reducing environmental impacts;
2) Agricultural production must increase to close this gap while also providing economic opportunities for the world's 2 billion smallholder farmers and reducing poverty;
3) Land and water constraints mean crop and pasture yields must increase substantially faster than in the past to avoid further ecosystem degradation from agricultural expansion.
The document summarizes the major challenges facing the global agricultural system by 2050:
1) A 70% "food gap" must be closed to feed a projected population of 9.6 billion people while reducing environmental impacts;
2) Agricultural production must increase to close this gap while also providing economic opportunities for the world's 2 billion smallholder farmers and reducing poverty;
3) Land and water constraints mean crop and pasture yields must increase substantially faster than in the past to avoid further ecosystem degradation from agricultural expansion.
Why agriculture is a major environmental polluterCSR-in-Action
Did you know that agriculture poses one of the biggest dangers to the planet with carbon dioxide emission – the main contributor to global warming? How can the growing global population be fed while reducing environmental footprints? In this article, we discuss the impact agriculture has on our environment while proffering solutions for sustainable agriculture.
Half of all food produced worldwide is wasted, amounting to 1.3 billion tonnes of waste each year. In India specifically, up to 40% of food produced is wasted, costing Rs. 50,000 crore annually. Food waste has negative environmental and economic impacts such as using resources like water and land to produce uneaten food. Solutions to reduce waste include shopping smarter, using food before it expires, donating or composting surplus, and raising awareness of the issue.
A company dedicated to the design and creation of business models focused on the development of the Agricultural Industry by implementing projects with a proposed high social value. We also promote environmental care and our business model is based upon the use of an aquatic plant known as duckweed (Lemna - Duckweed) as a base raw material for:
Systems for Wastewater Treatment.
Aquaculture Farms.
Poultry and pig farms.
Manufacturing of protein powder for human consumption.
Production of Biopolymers (Plastic) from starch.
Production of biofuels.
The document discusses several issues relating to global food production and security. It notes that agriculture is one of the largest threats to biodiversity due to practices like pesticide use and soil degradation. Around 850 million people worldwide lack adequate food access. While the Green Revolution boosted yields in Mexico and India, continuing efforts face challenges in Africa. Solutions proposed include organic farming, genetically modified crops, and policies to support smallholder farmers. Overall, whether the world can sustainably feed itself in the future remains an open debate.
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This document discusses the links between biodiversity and food security. It notes that a rapid decline in biodiversity threatens food security by reducing crop diversity and genetic resources. However, biodiversity can also support food security through practices like agroforestry and mixed crop-livestock systems. The challenges of population growth, climate change, and low agricultural investment are also examined in relation to maintaining biodiversity and ensuring sustainable food production.
This document provides an overview of various environmental problems, their causes, and concepts related to sustainability. It discusses global issues like overpopulation, overconsumption, poverty, and the tragedy of the commons. The IPAT model is introduced, which describes environmental impact as a function of population, affluence, and technology. The concept of ecological footprint is explained, showing that humanity currently uses more resources than what the planet can regenerate. Excluding environmental costs from market prices is also discussed. The document aims to educate about population issues and sustainability solutions.
food waste has been one of the least discussed topics yet so devastating on the environment and human life as global warming and pollution
this ppt discusses the food waste valuation on the global and national context and some of the ways to keep it at bay!
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During this webinar, leading experts present the benefits of including setting sector-specific targets in countries’ next generation NDCs and layout specific examples for how to approach targets for key sectors like energy, transport, buildings, food, agriculture and land use. These sectors collectively emit about 90% of greenhouse gas emissions globally.
WRI’s brand new “Food Service Playbook for Promoting Sustainable Food Choices” gives food service operators the very latest strategies for creating dining environments that empower consumers to choose sustainable, plant-rich dishes. This research builds off our first guide for food service, now with industry experience and insights from nearly 350 academic trials.
This webinar showcased how efforts in India and sub-Saharan Africa are harnessing renewable energy, in particular solar power, to ensure health facilities have access to clean and reliable electricity. The session covered insights from the recently released report, “A Spoonful of Solar to Help the Medicine Go Down: Exploring Synergies Between Health Care and Energy,” as well as from WRI Africa’s Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE) initiative.
DIST-ALERT detects disturbances to any kind of vegetation cover, including forests, grasses, shrubs and even crops, occurring anywhere on Earth in near real-time.
OPERA’s first-of-its-kind vegetation disturbance monitoring product (DIST-ALERT) detects disturbances to any kind of vegetation cover, including forests, grasses, shrubs and even crops, occurring anywhere on Earth in near real-time.
Protecting forests is critical, but meeting biodiversity, climate and sustainable development targets means preventing the loss of other valuable natural ecosystems as well.
In this webinar, local governments and other stakeholders will learn about advanced transmission solutions, including grid-enhancing technologies (GETs) and high-performance conductors. The webinar will cover the mechanics and purpose of these technologies and feature expertise from regulators and subject matter experts. We will also discuss transmission capacity expansion needs, incentives, and how local governments can become involved in transmission-related conversations.
Supercharged by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. is rapidly transitioning to electric vehicles. But access to EV charging remains a key challenge, especially within underserved communities. Cities, towns and counties are at the frontlines of this transition and are actively planning for and deploying charging infrastructure across their communities.
This webinar will share experiences and lessons learned from recent peer-learning cohorts run by WRI in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory as part of the U.S. Department of Energy Clean Energy to Communities program.
This webinar will help local government staff and other community stakeholders—such as community-based and environmental justice organizations—better understand FERC and the available pathways for these stakeholders to engage with the agency. Featured speakers will cover the history of FERC, how it functions, and its role in affecting the future of the electricity sector. The webinar will also discuss why community voices are valuable at FERC and how these voices can have the greatest impact.
The challenge for 2024 is to understand how we can move those in power to make the necessary shifts toward a net zero, climate-resilient future.
In WRI’s Stories to Watch 2024, WRI’s President & CEO, Ani Dasgupta, presents four key stories that help explain how we can make these shifts. Each story hinges on whether leaders use their power to make life better for people, nature, and the climate — and the factors that influence them.
Our four stories look at the political barriers to effective climate action, how to fix the world’s dysfunctional food system, the missing link in the clean energy revolution, and climate change’s ‘silent killer’.
Learn more: https://www.wri.org/events/2024/1/stories-watch-2024
Join World Resources Institute on December 13 for a webinar that explores grid reliability in the United States and how to help state decisionmakers, regulators, RTOs, and other key stakeholders understand what is needed in the immediate and long-term to build a more reliable grid.
This webinar unpacks findings from the Traceability and Transparency in Supply Chains report, explore priority action areas for closing key gaps, and showcase collaborative approaches to advancing traceability and transparency.
The webinar will introduce a new Roadmap resource for local governments to maximize IRA incentives for clean energy projects and bring economic, health and social benefits to their communities.
In a series of interviews and a literature review, WRI’s U.S. Energy team focused on efforts to achieve full, mature fleet electrification in the long term, which brings in various other considerations, such as grid and utility considerations.
This webinar will go over the key takeaways from this endeavor and will feature expert speakers who will share their experiences and insights around fleet electrification.
The document discusses how cities can leverage opportunities from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as clean energy customers, conveners, and catalysts. It provides an overview of elective pay provisions under the IRA that allow tax credits to be received as direct payments. Several cities, like Columbus and Philadelphia, are exploring how to utilize elective pay for renewable energy and efficiency projects to meet climate and equity goals.
This pitch deck provides local government staff with a modifiable template for proposing actions related to 24/7 CFE procurement to decision makers. The slides include instructions and links to resources to give additional context for potential actions.
This presentation outlines a new Land & Carbon Lab research consortium, Global Pasture Watch, which will contribute to better understanding land use conversion, food production, land productivity, and impacts for biodiversity and climate change at a global scale.
In this high-level webinar, IPCC authors, government representatives and leading carbon removal experts discuss how carbon removal is a critical tool in our toolbox to address the climate crisis.
For the third year in a row, the State of Climate Action provides a comprehensive assessment of the global gap in climate action across the highest-emitting sectors by highlighting where recent progress must accelerate over the next decade to limit warming to 1.5°C.
Learn how Forest Data Partnership’s approach will build alignment of stakeholders to reach consensus around key datasets in the ever-expanding landscape of forest monitoring data.
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Join educators from the US and worldwide at this year’s conference, themed “Strategies for Proficiency & Acquisition,” to learn from top experts in world language teaching.
Beginner's Guide to Bypassing Falco Container Runtime Security in Kubernetes ...anjaliinfosec
This presentation, crafted for the Kubernetes Village at BSides Bangalore 2024, delves into the essentials of bypassing Falco, a leading container runtime security solution in Kubernetes. Tailored for beginners, it covers fundamental concepts, practical techniques, and real-world examples to help you understand and navigate Falco's security mechanisms effectively. Ideal for developers, security professionals, and tech enthusiasts eager to enhance their expertise in Kubernetes security and container runtime defenses.
3. HOW CAN THE WORLD FEED MORE THAN
9 BILLION PEOPLE IN 2050 IN A MANNER THAT
ADVANCES DEVELOPMENT AND REDUCES
PRESSURE ON THE ENVIRONMENT?
4. Source: WRI analysis based on Alexandratos, N., and J. Bruinsma. 2012. World agriculture towards
2030/2050: The 2012 revision. Rome: FAO.
The world needs to close the food gap
5. Source: World Bank. 2012. World Development Indicators. Accessible at:
<http://databank.worldbank.org/Data/Home.aspx> (accessed December 13, 2012).
The world needs agriculture to support economic
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6. The world needs to reduce agriculture’s impact on
the environment
Share of global impact (percent in 2010)
Source: WRI analysis based on IEA (2012); EIA (2012); EPA (2012); Houghton
(2008); FAO (2011); FAO (2012); Foley et al. (2005).
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7. Source: Data: Ramankutty, N., A. T. Evan, C. Monfreda, and J. A. Foley. “Farming the planet: 1.
Geographic distribution of global agricultural lands in the year 2000.” Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles 22:
GB1003, doi:1010.1029/2007GB002952. Map: Navin Ramankutty, Dept. of Geography, McGill University.
Croplands and pasture occupy half of the world’s
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Distribution of croplands and pastures (2000)
.
Note: “Vegetated lands” excludes permanent ice cover, deserts, and inland water bodies.
8. 37 percent of Earth’s landmass (ex-Antarctica) is
used for food production
(100% = 13.3 billion hectares)
Source: FAO. 2011. The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture.
Rome: FAO.
* Permanent ice cover, desert, etc. When excluding deserts, ice, and inland water bodies, nearly 50 percent of land is used to grow food.
Note: Figures may not equal 100% due to rounding
9. Even if all food produced in 2009 were evenly distributed
to all people in 2050, the world would still need 974 more
calories per person per day
Source: WRI analysis based on FAO. 2012. “FAOSTAT.” Rome: FAO; United Nations, Department of
Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (UNDESA). 2013. World Population Prospects: The
2012 Revision. New York: United Nations. Medium fertility scenario.
Note: Data reflects food for direct human consumption. It excludes food crops grown for animal feed and biofuels. See endnotes for
assumptions used to generate the global average daily energy requirement per person.
10. One way to (unsustainably) feed the planet . . .
Photo source: PM Magazin.
11. A menu of solutions is required to sustainably
close the food gap
Global annual crop production (kcal trillion)*
Source: WRI analysis based on Bruinsma, J. 2009. The Resource Outlook to 2050: By how much do
land, water and crop yields need to increase by 2050? Rome: FAO; Alexandratos, N., and J.
Bruinsma. 2012. World agriculture towards 2030/2050: The 2012 revision. Rome: FAO.
* Includes all crops intended for direct human consumption, animal feed, industrial uses, seeds, and biofuels
Illustrative
12. Menu for a sustainable food future
Contributes to feeding everyone in 2050 while
satisfying (or not negatively impacting) a number
of criteria:
Poverty alleviation
Gender
Ecosystems
Climate
Water
Photo source: Andrew So.
13. Menu for a sustainable food future (preliminary)
Consumption Reduce food loss and waste
Shift to healthier diets
Achieve replacement level fertility
Reduce biofuel demand for food crops
Production Sustainably increase crop yields
Boost yields through attentive crop breeding
Improve soil and water management
Expand onto low-carbon degraded lands
Sustainably increase “livestock” productivity
Increase productivity of pasture and grazing lands
Reduce then stabilize wild fish catch
Increase productivity of aquaculture
Production
methods
Improve livestock feeding efficiency
Increase the efficiency of fertilizer use
Manage rice paddies to reduce emissions
Photo source: Andrew So. .
14. Reduce food loss and wasteMenu item: Reduce food loss and waste
Photo Source: WRAP.
15. 32%
24% of global food supply by energy content (calories)
of global food supply by weight
Source: WRI analysis based on FAO. 2011. Global food losses and food waste—extent, causes and
prevention. Rome: FAO.
A significant share of food intended for human
consumption is lost or wasted between the farm and the
fork
16. US$1600/year for an American family of four
£680/year for the average household in the UK
US$32 billion worth of food lost or wasted in China each year
The economic impact of food loss and waste is large
Source: WRAP. n.d. “Solutions to prevent household food waste.” ; WRAP. 2011. “New estimates for
household food and drink waste in the UK.”; Zhou, W. 2013. “Food Waste and Recycling in China: A
Growing Trend?”
17. Source: WRI analysis based on FAO. 2011. Global food losses and food waste—extent, causes and
prevention. Rome: FAO.
Note: Numbers may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
Where food is lost or wasted along the value chain
varies by region
(Percent of kcal lost or wasted)
18. Photo sources, from left: Luke Chan; OZinOH; Fonseca-CIMMYT; Rick; JillWillRun.
Source: WRI analysis based on FAO. 2011. Global food losses and food waste—extent, causes and
prevention. Rome: FAO.
Food is lost or wasted along the entire value chain
19. Source: WRI analysis based on FAO. 2011. Global food losses and food waste—extent, causes and
prevention. Rome: FAO.
Food loss “near the farm” is more prevalent in developing
countries while food waste “near the fork” is more
prevalent in developed countries
100% = 1.5 quadrillion kcal
20. Source: WRI analysis based on FAO. 2011. Global food losses and food waste—extent, causes and
prevention. Rome: FAO.
Of total food loss and waste, cereals account for the
most in terms of calories, while fruits and vegetables
account for the most by mass
21. Source: WRI analysis based on FAO. 2011. Global food losses and food waste—extent, causes and
prevention. Rome: FAO.
Roots and tubers are the food category with the most
lost and waste relative to total production
(Percent of kcal produced per category)
Note: Values displayed are of waste as a percent of food supply, defined here as the sum of the “Food” and “Processing” columns of
the FAO Food Balance Sheet.
22. Source: WRI analysis based on FAO. 2011. Global food losses and food waste—extent, causes and
prevention. Rome: FAO.
About half of the world’s food loss and waste occurs
in Asia
(100% = 1.5 quadrillion kcal)
Note: Number may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
23. Source: WRI analysis based on FAO. 2011. Global food losses and food waste—extent, causes and
prevention. Rome: FAO.
North America and Oceania have the highest per capita
food loss and waste
Kcal/capita/day
24. Source: WRI analysis based on FAO. 2011. Global food losses and food waste—extent, causes and
prevention. Rome: FAO.
North America and Oceania have the highest per capita
food loss and waste, primarily occurring at consumption
Kcal/capita/day
Note: Numbers may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
25. Greenhouse gas emissions Land use
The environmental impact of food loss and waste is large
Source: Kummu, M., H. de Moel, M. Porkka, S. Siebert, O. Varis, and P. J. Ward. 2012. “Lost food, wasted
resources: Global food supply chain losses and their impacts on freshwater, cropland, and fertiliser use.”
Science of the Total Environment 438: 477-489.
26. A range of approaches exists for reducing food loss
and waste along the value chain
(Not exhaustive)
Source: Lipinski et al. 2013 Reducing Food Loss and Waste. Washington, DC: World Resources
Institute.
29. Source: Grace, J., U. Ugbe, and A. Sanni. 2012. “Innovations in the Cowpea Sector of Northern
Nigeria: Research Into Use Nigeria.” Presentation.
PICS bags generate cost savings compared to
traditional insecticide use in Nigeria
Naira (local currency)
32. Source: Nielsen, S. J. and B. Popkin. 2003. “Patterns and Trends in Food Portion Sizes, 1977-1998.”
Journal of the American Medical Association: 289 (4): 450-453.
Portion sizes in the United States are increasing over time
(Kcal per portion)
34. Cutting in half the rate of food loss and waste by 2050
would reduce the food gap by ~22%
Global annual crop production (kcal trillion)*
Source: WRI analysis based on Bruinsma, J. 2009. The Resource Outlook to 2050: By how much do land,
water and crop yields need to increase by 2050? Rome: FAO; Alexandratos, N., and J. Bruinsma. 2012.
World agriculture towards 2030/2050: The 2012 revision. Rome: FAO.
Available
food
(2006)
Baseline
available
food needed
(2050)
9,500
16,000
* Includes all crops intended for direct human consumption, animal feed, industrial uses, seeds, and biofuels
Reduce rate
of food loss
and waste by
50%
1,400
38. Recommendation 3:
Increase investment in postharvest loss
research in developing countries
Photo source: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
42. Source: WRI analysis based on Alexandratos, N., and J. Bruinsma. 2012. World agriculture towards
2030/2050: The 2012 revision. Rome: FAO.
FAO projects that per capita consumption of livestock
will grow for most regions by 2050
43. Beef is a far less efficient source of calories and
protein than milk and other meats
Percent or “units of edible output per 100 units of feed or grass input”
Source: Terrestrial animal products: Wirsenius et al. (2010) (extra unpublished tables), Wirsenius (2000).
Finfish and shrimp: WRI analysis based on USDA (2013), NRC (2011), Tacon and Metian (2008),
Wirsenius (2000), and FAO (1989).
Note: “Edible output” refers to the calorie and protein content of bone-free carcass.
44. Source: GLEAM in Gerber, P. J., H. Steinfeld, B. Henderson, A. Mottet, C. Opio, J. Dijkman, A. Falcucci,
and G. Tempio. 2013. Tackling climate change through livestock: A global assessment of emissions and
mitigation opportunities. Rome: FAO.
Beef production generates 6 times more greenhouse
gas emissions per unit of protein than pork, chicken,
and egg production
Kilograms of CO2e per kilogram of protein
45. Photo Source: EU Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection.
Menu item: Achieve replacement level fertility
46. The world’s population is projected to grow from
7 billion (2012) to 9.6 billion (2050)
Population (in billions)
Note: “SSA” = Sub-Saharan Africa, including Sudan. “LAC” = Latin America and Caribbean. “N America” = North America. “N Africa” =
Rest of Africa.
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (UNDESA).
2013. World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision. New York: United Nations. Total population
by major area, region, and country. Medium fertility scenario.
47. Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (UNDESA).
2013. World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision. New York: United Nations. Medium fertility
scenario.
Half of projected population growth from 2012–2050 will
be in Sub-Saharan Africa
Percent, 100% = 2.5 billion people
Note: Figures may not equal 100% due to rounding. Europe is projected to decline by 21 million people (less than 1 percent decrease)
while Australia and Oceania projected to grow by 17 million people (less than 1 percent increase) between 2012 and 2050.
48. All regions except Sub-Saharan Africa are projected to
reach replacement level fertility by 2050
Total fertility rate
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (UNDESA).
2013. World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision. New York: United Nations. Total fertility by
major area, region, and country. Medium fertility scenario.
Note: “SSA” = Sub-Saharan Africa, including Sudan. “LAC” = Latin America and Caribbean. “N America” = North America. “N Africa”
= Rest of Africa.
49. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest total fertility rates
Total fertility rate (2005–2010)
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (UNDESA).
2013. World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision. New York: United Nations.
50. Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest share of women with
at least a lower secondary education
Percent of women ages 20–39 with at least a lower secondary education
(2005–2010)
Source: Harper, S. 2012. “People and the planet.” University of Oxford. Presentation at The Royal
Society, London, April 2012.
51. Source: World Bank. 2012. Databank: “Contraceptive prevalence (% of women ages 15-49).” Data
retrieved April 2, 2013, from World Development Indicators Online (WDI) database.
Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest share of women
using contraception
Percent of women ages 15–49 using contraception (2005–2010)
52. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest child mortality rates
Mortality of children under age 5 per 1,000 live births (2005–2010)
Source: World Bank. 2012. Databank: “Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births).” Data retrieved April
2, 2013, from World Development Indicators Online (WDI) database.
53. Photo Source: Travis Lupick.
Approach 1: Ensure girls get at least a secondary
education
54. Photo Source: Travis Lupick.
Approach 2: Increase access to reproductive health
services, including family planning
55. Photo Source: UK Department for International Development (DFID).
Approach 3: Reduce infant and child mortality
56. Source: World Bank. 2012. Databank: “Fertility rate, total (births per woman).” Data retrieved
November 30, 2012, from World Development Indicators Online (WDI) database.
Total fertility rates can decline rapidly
Total fertility rate
57. Achieving replacement level fertility can bring
about a “demographic dividend”
Source: WRI analysis based on Bruinsma, J. 2009. The Resource Outlook to 2050: By how much do land,
water and crop yields need to increase by 2050? Rome: FAO; Alexandratos, N., and J. Bruinsma. 2012.
World agriculture towards 2030/2050: The 2012 revision. Rome: FAO.
Singapore
Hong Kong
South Korea
Taiwan
60. Menu item: Limit transportation biofuel demand for food
crops
Photo Source: Ace Diets.
61. 32 percent of current global crop energy would be
needed to produce just 10 percent of transportation fuel
in 2050 with the present biofuel mix
Percent
Source: Heimlich, R. and T. Searchinger. Forthcoming. Calculating Crop Demands for Liquid Biofuels.
Washington, DC: World Resources Institute.
62. Menu for a sustainable food future (preliminary)
Consumption Reduce food loss and waste
Shift to healthier diets
Achieve replacement level fertility
Reduce biofuel demand for food crops
Production Sustainably increase crop yields
Boost yields through attentive crop breeding
Improve soil and water management
Expand onto low-carbon degraded lands
Sustainably increase “livestock” productivity
Increase productivity of pasture and grazing lands
Reduce then stabilize wild fish catch
Increase productivity of aquaculture
Production
methods
Improve livestock feeding efficiency
Increase the efficiency of fertilizer use
Manage rice paddies to reduce emissions
Photo source: Andrew So..
63. Most studies project net adverse impacts on crop yields
due to climate change
(3° C warmer world)
Source: World Bank. 2010. World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change.
Washington, DC: World Bank.
64. Note: Areas in gray contain no croplands.
Source: World Resources Institute and The Coca-Cola Company. 2011. "Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas Global
Maps 1.0." Accessible at <http://wri.org/aqueduct>. Cropped areas from Ramankutty, N., A. T. Evan, C.
Monfreda, and J. A. Foley. 2008. “Farming the planet: 1. Geographic distribution of global agricultural lands
in the year 2000.” Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles 22: GB1003, doi:1010.1029/2007GB002952.
Water stress will increase in many agricultural areas by
2025 due to growing water use and higher temperatures
(Based on IPCC Scenario A1B)
65. Different analysts project different changes in
agricultural land area by 2050 under a “business as
usual” scenario
* Data not available or not discussed in the respective study.
Source: GLOBIOM analysis prepared by Schneider et al. 2011. “Impacts of population growth, economic development, and technical change on global food
production and consumption.” Agricultural Systems 104 (2): 204–215; FAO projection from Alexandratos, N., and J. Bruinsma. 2012. World agriculture towards
2030/2050: The 2012 revision. Rome: FAO; OECD projection prepared by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and reported in OECD. 2011.
Environmental Outlook to 2050: Climate Change. (pre-release version) Paris: OECD.
66. The primary source of agricultural growth has shifted from
input increases to efficiency gains
Rate of output growth (% per year)
Source: Fuglie, K. 2012. "Productivity Growth and Technology Capital in the Global Agricultural Economy.”
In K. Fuglie, S. L. Wang, and V. E. Ball, eds. Productivity Growth in Agriculture: An International
Perspective. Oxfordshire, UK: CAB International.
67. Photo: Ace Diets
Menu item: Boost yields through attentive crop breeding
Photo Source: Morten Bentzon Sorenson.
68. The promise of the “other GM” . . .
Photo Source: Wikipedia.
69. Menu item: Improve land and water management practices
Photo Source: Chris Reij.
70. Source: Hengl , T., and H. Reuter. 2009. “Topsoil organic carbon based on the HWSD [Data file].” ISRIC
World Soil Information. Accessible at: <http://worldgrids.org/duku.php?id=wiki:tochws>. Retrieved May 5,
2013.
Soils organic matter concentrations vary greatly around
the world
Topsoil organic carbon (percent mass fraction)
71. Source: Henao, J., and C. A. Baanante. 2006. “Agricultural production and soil nutrient mining in Africa:
implications for resource conservation and policy development.” Technical Bulletin T-72. Muscle Shoals,
Alabama: International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development. Cited in A. Noble. 2012. The
Slumbering Giant: land and water degradation. Canberra, Australia: Crawford Fund Proceedings.
Several regions in Africa have relatively high rates of
nutrient depletion on agricultural lands
Annual nutrient depletion, kg NPK/ha/year
72. Sub-Saharan Africa uses much less fertilizer per hectare
than any other region
Kilograms per hectare
Source: IFDC. 2013. “APPI Gross Margin Survey: FDP’s Yield and Financial Benefits
Proven,” in IFDC Report Vol. 38 No. 2. Accessible at: <www.ifdc.org>.
73. Cereal yields in Sub-Saharan Africa are much lower
than other regions
Metric tons per hectare
Source: Derived from FAO. 2012. “FAOSTAT.” Rome: FAO; graph by IFDC.
74. From 1961–2001, food production increases in
Sub-Saharan Africa were achieved mainly by expanding
the area of cropland
Note: Baseline data in 1961 is given the value of 100; subsequent data for yield and area are in units of percent change relative to 1961.
Source: Henao, J., and C. A. Baanante. 2006. “Agricultural production and soil nutrient mining in Africa:
implications for resource conservation and policy development.” Technical Bulletin T-72. Muscle Shoals,
Alabama: International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development. Cited in A. Noble. 2012. The
Slumbering Giant: land and water degradation. Canberra, Australia: Crawford Fund Proceedings.
75. Conservation agriculture is widely used in many
continents, but not in Africa
Source: Shitumbanuma, V. 2012. “Analyses of Crop Trials Under Faidherbia albida.” Lusaka, Zambia:
Conservation Farming Unit, University of Zambia.
76. Conservation agriculture with intercropping of
Faidherbia albida trees (agroforestry) in Malawi
Photo Source: W. T. Bunderson.
78. Source: Shitumbanuma, V. 2012. “Analyses of Crop Trials Under Faidherbia albida.” Lusaka, Zambia:
Conservation Farming Unit, University of Zambia.
Maize yields in Zambia are higher under Faidherbia trees
Kilograms per hectare
Note: Average maize grain yields from trial sites under and outside canopies of mature Faidherbia albida trees across regions in Zambia.
80. A combination of water harvesting practices increases
grain yields more than one practice (Burkina Faso)
Kilograms per hectare
Source: Sawadogo, H. 2008. Impact des aménagements de conservation des eaux et des sols sur les
systèmes de production, les rendements et la fertilité des sols au Nord du Plateau Central du Burkina Faso.
Ouagadougou and Amsterdam: Etude Sahel Burkina Faso, CILDSS and VU University Amsterdam.
Note: These two groups of villages are located on the northern central plateau of Burkina Faso. “BAU” = business as usual.
81. Conservation agriculture increased maize yields in Malawi
in 2011, and combining it with agroforestry (intercropping
of Faidherbia trees) increased yields even further
Metric tons per hectare
Source: Bunderson, W. T. 2012. “Faidherbia albida: the Malawi experience.” Lilongwe, Malawi: Total
LandCare.
82. Source: Mazvimavi, D., Z. Hoko, L. Jonker, I. Nhapi, and A. Senzanje. 2008. “Integrated Water Resources
Management: From Concept to Practice.” Editorial. Journal of the Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 33:
609–613.
Water harvesting combined with conservation agriculture
increases gross margins for farmers in Zimbabwe
Gross margins, US$ per hectare
Note: Data from nine districts in Zimbabwe, across rainfall zones.
84. Source: Sawadogo, H. 2013. “Effects of microdosing and soil and water conservation techniques on
securing crop yields in northwestern Burkina Faso.” Working Paper prepared for the Institut de
l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (Burkina Faso).
Micro-dosing further increases sorghum yields beyond
other land and water management practices (Burkina
Faso, 2009–11)
Kilograms per hectare
85. Source: IFDC. 2011. “Strategic Alliance for Agricultural Development in Africa (SAADA) End of Project
Report.” Accessible at: <www.ifdc.org.>
ISFM contributed to yield increases of three major
crops for farmers in West Africa, 2006–10
Kilograms per hectare
Note: No 2006 data was available for maize.
86. Revenues increased significantly for farmers adopting
ISFM in West Africa, 2006–10
US$ per hectare
Note: No 2006 data was available or groundnuts. Data converted from CFA francs using a conversion rate
of 1 CFA franc = .0021 US Dollar.
Source: IFDC. 2011. “Strategic Alliance for Agricultural Development in Africa (SAADA) End of Project
Report.” Accessible at: <www.ifdc.org.>
87. Source: IFDC. 2012. “Catalyze Accelerated Agricultural Intensification for Social and Environmental
Stability.” Project Summary. Accessible at: <www.ifdc.org>.
Farmers in Central Africa benefited greatly from
increased crop yields and revenues following the
adoption of ISFM practices
Annual benefits
88. Source: WRI analysis using the following datasets: Protected areas: IUCN and UNEP. 2013. The
World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA). Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC. Croplands: Fritz, S. and
L. See. 2013. Global Hybrid Cropland. Laxenburg, Austria: IIASA and IFPRI. Precipitation isohyets:
FAO/UNEP Desertification and Mapping Project. 1986. Africa Mean Annual Rainfall. Geneva,
Switzerland: UNEP/GRID.
Agroforestry and water harvesting could be scaled up on
more than 300 million hectares in sub-Saharan Africa
90. Success in scaling up improved land and water
management requires attention to gender
• Women are responsible for 80
percent of agricultural work
• Labor inputs of women exceed
those of men by 10-12 hours a
week
• 95 percent of external resources
(seeds, tools) are channeled to
men
• Women often do not have the
same rights and management
authority as men
• Add photo to illustrate
importance of gender
Source: De Sarkar, S. 2011. “Gendering joint forest management.” IUCN Arbor Vitae Issue 43: 10.
Photo Source: Chris Reij.
96. Source: Bruinsma, J. 2009. The Resource Outlook to 2050: By how much do land, water and crop yields
need to increase by 2050? Rome: FAO.
What some call “potential for cropland expansion” is
often forest and savanna
Million hectares
97. Source: Gingold, B. et al. 2012. How to Identify Degraded Land for Sustainable Palm Oil in Indonesia.
Washington, DC: World Resources Institute.
There is a need to map low-carbon areas potentially
suitable for oil palm
98. Menu item: Increase pastureland productivity
Photo Source: Carlos Ramalhete.
99. 90%
80% increase for dairy
increase for beef
Source: Searchinger et al. 2013
Global absolute demand for beef and dairy is projected to
skyrocket between 2006 and 2050
100. Ruminants mostly eat grasses and only a relatively small
amount of grain-based feeds
Percent, 100% = 6705 Tg dry matter (global, 2010)
Ruminant meat
15%
15%
9%
16%
Ruminant dairy
Non-ruminants
(pigs, poultry, etc.)
Soybean, starchy roots, & other edible crops
Grass: cropland pasture
Food industry by-products & waste
Non-agricultural herbage & browse
Cereal grains
Grass: forage crops (hay & silage)
Crop residues
Grass: permanent pasture & browse
Total (percent)
Total
(percent)
Note: Numbers may not add to 100 due to rounding. Soybean and other oil meals are included in “Food industry by-products” while whole soybeans
are included in “Soybeans, starchy roots and other edible crops”.
Source: Wirsenius, S., et al. 2010. How much land is needed for global food production under scenarios
of dietary changes and livestock productivity increases in 2030? Agr. Syst.
Feed type
29
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12
2
7
2
58
15
4
6
2
1
28
1
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7
4
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10
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7
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100
101. Selected approaches for improving pasture and
grazing land productivity
• Improve ruminant health care
• Improve breeds
• Rotate grazing
• Plant better grasses and legumes
• Incorporate supplements
• Integrate silvopastoral practices
Photo Source: Luis Solarte/CIPAV.
102. Menu item: Reduce and then stabilize wild fish catch
Photo Source: NOAA.
103. Photo Source: WorldFish Bangladesh Office.
Menu item: Improve productivity and
environmental performance of aquaculture
104. The world needs to close an “animal protein gap”
Global annual animal protein availability, million tons
Source: WRI analysis based on Alexandratos and Bruinsma (2012).
105. Fish are important for food and nutrition security
Supply of animal-based protein (2009), percent (100% = 31 g / capita / day)
Source: FAO (2012).
106. But the wild fish catch has peaked…
Million tons
Note: “Wild catch” includes finfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and other aquatic animals
from marine and freshwater ecosystems. It excludes all aquaculture.
Source: FAO (2014).
107. …even while fishing effort continues to rise
Percentage of marine fish stocks assessed
Source: FAO (2014).
108. Aquaculture has emerged to meet fish demand
Million tons
Sources: FAO (2012a), FAO (2012b), FAO (2013), FAO (2014).
110. Nearly 90 percent of aquaculture production
is in Asia
Tons (2012)
Source: FAO (2014).
111. Aquaculture production must more than double
by 2050 to satisfy projected fish demand
Million tons
Sources: Production data 1961–2010: FAO (2014a), FAO (2014b). Aquaculture
production projections 2011–2050: Authors’ calculations assuming a linear growth rate
of 2 Mt per year.
112. Aquaculture growth could close 14 percent of the
“animal protein gap”
Global annual animal protein availability, million tons
Source: WRI analysis based on Alexandratos and Bruinsma (2012).
113. Aquaculture growth to 140 Mt in 2050 could
contribute to economic development
Source: Authors’ calculations based on FAO (2014) and World Bank, FAO, and IFPRI (2013).
Photo: WorldFish/Mike Lusmore/Duckrabbit.
$308BFarm gate value / year
114. Aquaculture growth to 140 Mt in 2050 could
contribute to economic development
Source: Authors’ calculations based on FAO (2014).
Photo: WorldFish/Mike Lusmore/Duckrabbit.
176Mlivelihoods
115. Farmed fish convert feed to food efficiently
Percent or “units of edible output per 100 units of feed input”
Sources: Terrestrial animal products: Wirsenius et al. (2010), Wirsenius (2000). Finfish and shrimp: WRI
analysis based on USDA (2013), NRC (2011), Tacon and Metian (2008), Wirsenius (2000), and FAO (1989).
Note: “Edible output” refers to the calorie and protein content of bone-free carcass.
117. Sustainable aquaculture growth entails…
Photo: WorldFish/Sakil.
Increasing farmed fish
production per unit of:
• Land
• Water
• Feed
• Energy
Minimizing:
• Water pollution
• Fish diseases
• Fish escapes
118. The aquaculture industry has reduced the share of
fishmeal in farmed fish diets
Percent
Source: Tacon and Metian. 2008. “Global overview on the use of fish meal and fish oil in industrially
compounded aquafeeds: Trends and Future Prospects.” Aquaculture 285: 146–158; Tacon et al.
2011. Demand and supply of feed ingredients for farmed fish and crustaceans. FAO Fisheries and
Aquaculture Technical Paper 564. Rome: FAO.
Note: Fishmeal use varies within and between countries; the figures presented are global means. Data represent observations between
1995-2008, and projections for 2009-2020.
119. The aquaculture industry will need to further reduce the
share of fishmeal and fish oil in farmed fish diets to
prevent hitting limits in global supply of these ingredients
Million tons
Source: FAO (2012) (Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics); FAO (2012) (Food Outlook November 2012);
OECD/FAO (2012); Seafish (2011); Tacon et al. (2011); Tacon and Metian (2008); WRI analysis.
Note: Assumes the following to 2050: a linear growth in aquaculture production to 140 Mt, the same species mix as projected
in 2020, and the same shares of fishmeal and fish oil in farmed fish diets as projected in 2020.
120. Menu for a sustainable food future (preliminary)
Consumption Reduce food loss and waste
Shift to healthier diets
Achieve replacement level fertility
Reduce biofuel demand for food crops
Production Sustainably increase crop yields
Boost yields through attentive crop breeding
Improve soil and water management
Expand onto low-carbon degraded lands
Sustainably increase “livestock” productivity
Increase productivity of pasture and grazing lands
Reduce then stabilize wild fish catch
Increase productivity of aquaculture
Production
methods
Improve livestock feeding efficiency
Increase the efficiency of fertilizer use
Manage rice paddies to reduce emissions
Photo source: Andrew So.
121. Source: WRI analysis based on UNEP (2012), FAO (2012e), EIA (2012), IEA (2012),
and Houghton (2008) with adjustments.
From where do direct agricultural production greenhouse
gas emissions come (2010)?
Note: Figures may not equal 100% due to rounding.
* LULUCF = Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry.
** Includes emissions from on-farm energy consumption as well as from manufacturing of farm tractors, irrigation pumps, other machinery,
and key inputs such as fertilizer. It excludes emissions from the transport of food.
*** Excludes emissions from agricultural energy sources described above.
122. “Business as usual” (BAU) agriculture emissions
would comprise 70 percent of allowable emissions to
achieve a 2°C warmer world
Gt CO2e per year
Sources: WRI analysis based on IEA (2012), EIA (2012), EPA (2012), Houghton (2008), and OECD
(2012).
123. Source: FAO. 2012. Global forest land -use change 1990-2005. Rome: FAO.
Gross forest losses are far greater than net forest
losses because agricultural lands are shifting
Thousands of hectares per year
124. Menu item: Improve efficiency of ruminant livestock
• More digestible and higher protein
feeds
• Higher quality forage
• Improved breeds
Photo Source: Eduardo Amorim
125. Menu item: Make fertilization more efficient
• Practices
Improved application timing
Subsurface placement
Improved technical training
• Incentives
Decoupling training and sales
Subsidy reforms
• Technology innovations
Photo Source: CIMMYT.
126. Menu item: Manage rice paddies to reduce emissions
• Alternate flooding and drying
• Potassium inputs
• Water-saving rice varieties
• Etc…
Photo Source: World Bank.