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1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
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... Recent and current debate surrounding recent food price volatility and the impact of climate change on the future food supplies makes the topic very timely and important. Organized by a committee of experts appointed by the National Research Council, the second workshop involved a diverse set of participants: researchers, analysts, academics, and development leaders in a wide range of fields -- food production, resource management, environmental conservation, climate, and others.
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... The second day of this second workshop explored several of the policy, market, and governance approaches currently thought to be needed to resolve the constraints posed by natural resources to food availability at various scales: global, regional, and local. The third day engaged participants in consideration of what changes (in public policy and regulatory institutions, markets and other economic institutions dominated by the private sector, and social and cultural institutions)
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... Chapter 3 summarizes various approaches to achieving sustainable food supplies, including sustainable intensification, reducing yield gaps, addressing waste in the food chain, and the role of global public goods. Chapter 4 focuses on the political, economic, and institutional opportunities and barriers, and the final chapter discusses options for moving forward.
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... Among the major barriers to sustainable food supplies are natural resource constraints -- water, land, forest, soil, biodiversity and energy -- and human-made resources-knowledge, technology, and infrastructure -- as well as climate change. The discussion on approaches and action will include examining R&D to reduce yield gaps and raise yield ceiling, farm level intensification and ecosystem management.
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