1. Introduction
In this paper, one of the most important issues for humankind
– food insecurity – is addressed, as well as the increasing challenges
that the world is facing to achieve global food security. The
possible contribution that agricultural biotechnologies can make
in helping to face these challenges is also considered. FAO recently
organised the international technical conference on “Agricultural
Biotechnologies in Developing Countries: options and opportunities
in crops, forestry, livestock, fisheries and agro-industry to face
the challenges of food insecurity and climate change” (ABDC-10),
∗ Corresponding author.
E-mail address: john.ruane@fao.org (J. Ruane).
and the paper also provides an overview of the conference and
reports on its major outputs.
2. Defining food security and quantifying food insecurity
For FAO, food security exists when all people, at all times, have
physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food
that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active
and healthy life (FAO, 1996; Schmidhuber and Tubiello, 2007).
There are four dimensions of food security: the availability of food;
access to food; utilisation of food; and food system stability. For
food security objectives to be realised, all four dimensions must be
fulfilled simultaneously.
Agricultural biotechnologies in developing countries and their possible
contribution to food security
1. IntroductionIn this paper, one of the most important issues for humankind– food insecurity – is addressed, as well as the increasing challengesthat the world is facing to achieve global food security. Thepossible contribution that agricultural biotechnologies can makein helping to face these challenges is also considered. FAO recentlyorganised the international technical conference on “AgriculturalBiotechnologies in Developing Countries: options and opportunitiesin crops, forestry, livestock, fisheries and agro-industry to facethe challenges of food insecurity and climate change” (ABDC-10),∗ Corresponding author.E-mail address: john.ruane@fao.org (J. Ruane).and the paper also provides an overview of the conference andreports on its major outputs.2. Defining food security and quantifying food insecurityFor FAO, food security exists when all people, at all times, havephysical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious foodthat meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an activeand healthy life (FAO, 1996; Schmidhuber and Tubiello, 2007).There are four dimensions of food security: the availability of food;access to food; utilisation of food; and food system stability. Forfood security objectives to be realised, all four dimensions must befulfilled simultaneously.Agricultural biotechnologies in developing countries and their possiblecontribution to food security
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