Changing Course to Feed the World in 2050 - Tufts University
Changing Course to Feed the World in 2050 - Tufts University
Changing Course to Feed the World in 2050 - Tufts University
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egions where <strong>the</strong>y are most appropriate and most needed, especially <strong>in</strong> regions where food<br />
security is tenuous despite high agricultural potential.<br />
While policymakers talk about how global agriculture will feed <strong>the</strong> world, we must remember<br />
that food <strong>in</strong>security is local and that70% of <strong>the</strong> world’s hungry are small-scale farmers or<br />
agricultural workers. In <strong>the</strong> end, <strong>the</strong>re is no “we” who feeds “<strong>the</strong> world.”<br />
As our report makes clear: hunger, now and <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> future, is less a matter of <strong>in</strong>adequate<br />
production than <strong>in</strong>equitable access <strong>to</strong> food and food-produc<strong>in</strong>g resources. The developed<br />
world’s myopic focus on <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g production is obviously misguided as we simultaneously<br />
waste one-third of <strong>the</strong> food that is produced and pursue a course <strong>to</strong> devote ano<strong>the</strong>r 13% of<br />
cereals <strong>to</strong> feed<strong>in</strong>g our cars <strong>in</strong>stead of our people.<br />
Timothy A. Wise is at <strong>the</strong> Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE) at <strong>Tufts</strong> <strong>University</strong>.<br />
Marie Brill is <strong>the</strong> Executive Direc<strong>to</strong>r of ActionAid USA. The ActionAid report and GDAE paper on<br />
which it is based are available onl<strong>in</strong>e.<br />
ActionAid USA has developed an <strong>in</strong>teractive game demonstrat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> impact of our policy choices. Can<br />
you prevent <strong>the</strong> next global food crisis? F<strong>in</strong>d out at presidentforaday.com.