Transforming Food Systems: The Quest for Sustainability

There is an almost universal recognition that modern agri—food supply chains are unsustainable. They are seen as both contributing to and vulnerable to climate change, too reliant on environmentally—damaging synthetic inputs, as undermining biodiversity, generating significant losses and waste and failing to deliver the nutritious food required for a healthy, balanced diet.

This book traces the evolution of the current global food production system and reviews competing approaches to achievi...