One of four briefing papers on key issues in food security, produced by a team of food security and rural development specialists coordinated by ODI. They aimed to brief DFID on key recent debates and international best practice in advance of the Committee on World Food Security, held at FAO, Rome, May 2001. This paper looks at how to deliver the sustainable increases in food production that are critical for achieving food security for growing populations in many developing countries.
Tom Slaymaker