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By mid – century, the world’s total population is India and China, for example, are the fastest
set to reach over 9 billion doubling the demand growing countries in the Asian region.
for food, feed, and fiber (FAO, 2009)
The demographic trends in Asia have serious
The increase of demands for food comes from
implications for food systems in the region and
developing countries is Asia and Africa.
elsewhere.
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Climate change affects all four dimensions Overall studies show that the impacts
of food security, food availability, food of climate change will be mixed and
accessibility, food utilization and food
uneven across regions (IPCC, 2007).
systems stability.