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Quasi-metagenomic Analysis of Salmonella from Food and Environmental Samples
Published on: October 25, 2018
The science of food security
Martin Barry Cole1, Mary Ann Augustin1, Michael John Robertson1
1CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Australia, 11, Julius Avenue, North Ryde, New South Wales 2113 Australia.
Abstract:
We need to feed an estimated population in excess of 9 billion by 2050 with diminishing natural resources, whilst ensuring the health of people and the planet. Herein we connect the future global food demand to the role of agricultural and food science in producing and stabilising foods to meet the global food demand. We highlight the challenges to food and agriculture systems in the face of climate change and global megatrends that are shaping the future world. We discuss the opportunities to reduce food loss and waste, and recover produce that is currently wasted to make this the new raw ingredient supply for the food industry. Our systems-based perspective links food security to agricultural productivity, food safety, health and nutrition, processing and supply chain efficiency in the face of global and industry megatrends. We call for a collaborative, transdisciplinary approach to the science of food security, with a focus on enabling technologies within a context of social, market and global trends to achieve food and nutritional security.
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