Handbook on Food : Edward Elgar Publishing : 9781783473915 : 1783473916 : 25 Sep 2015 : The global population is forecasted to reach 9.4 billion by 2050, with much of this increase concentrated in developing regions and cities. Ensuring adequate food and nourishment to this large population is a pressing economic, moral and even security challenge and requires research (and action) from a multi-disciplinary perspective. This book provides the first such integrated approach to tackling this problem by addressing the multiplicity of challenges posed by rising global population, diet diversification and urbanization in developing countries and climate change. It examines key topics such as:the impact of prosperity on food demandthe role of international trade in addressing food insecuritythe challenge posed by greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and land degradationthe implication on labor markets of severe under-nutritionviability of small scale farmsstrategies to augment food av