Global Food Security: Looking for the next Green Revolution Richard Gower, Oxfam

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Global Food Security Looking for the next
Green RevolutionRichard Gower, Oxfam
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A quick reminder

• Some definitions
• Food security exists when all people, at all
  times, have physical, social and economic access
  to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which
  meets their dietary needs and food preferences
  for an active and healthy life.
• Food insecurity exists when people do not have
  adequate physical, social or economic access to
  food as defined above.

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The supply problem
Climate change
Changing consumption patterns
Increasing population
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The affordability problem
A lot of people cant afford food right now.
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If prices rise to ration supply
Proportion of income spent on food in selected
countries
If food prices double, consumption halves in
Zambia, but falls by just 5 in North America
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Where do the hungry live?
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The Yield Gap (tonne/ha)
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Why?
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Sustainable Intensification
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Sustainable Intensification
Market and government failures

• Access to appropriate technology

• Access to markets (inputs and outputs)

• Access to credit

• Access to land

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Sustainable Intensification
The projects analysed in this study have
resulted in more than 10 million farmers adopting
a wide variety of approaches and technologies for
sustainable intensification of their agricultural
systems. As a result, food production has
increased substantially. However, the challenge
is now to spread effective processes and lessons
to many more millions of farmers and pastoralists
across the whole of the continent Foresight
Project on Global Food and Farming Futures
Sustainable intensification in African
Agriculture