Climate change, food, and water security: critical issues and cooperative strategies in an age of increased risk and uncertainty for South Asia GWP – IWMI Initiative A ‘Plan B’ for Food Security - The water variability connection Colombo, February 24-25, 2011 Jan Lundqvist Senior scientific advisor
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Climate change, food, and water security: critical issues and cooperative strategies in an age of increased risk
and uncertainty for South Asia
GWP – IWMI Initiative
A ‘Plan B’ for Food Security - The water variability connection
Colombo, February 24-25, 2011
Jan Lundqvist Senior scientific advisor
Question
Is the exclusive focus on increased production the best option to achieve food security?
Take home message
No --- It makes sense to develop a Plan B, a 9th MDG; reduce losses & waste by 50%
Mr Henry Kissinger at
First World Food Summit, 1974: (then Secretary of State, USA)
”No child will go to bed hungry
within ten years”
Dramatic Jump in Undernourishment while Production increased