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Increasing Pace of Urbanization and Implications for Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture

In: Sustainable Consumption and Production, Volume I

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  • Raghbendra Jha

    (Australian National University)

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The increasing pace of urbanization in emerging market economies poses a challenge for agricultural production in these countries. On the one hand, agricultural productivity is not keeping pace with the speed of urbanization and growth in food demand and, on the other, the demand for food is highly skewed making for an inordinate amount of food going for non-human consumption and wastage. This paper reviews the trends in urbanization as well as in agricultural productivity and comes to the conclusion that some parts of the world may well be facing a neo-Malthusian future. Policy measures designed to address this situation are considered. Implications for international trade and domestic agricultural policies are also considered.

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  • Raghbendra Jha, 2021. "Increasing Pace of Urbanization and Implications for Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture," Springer Books, in: Ranjula Bali Swain & Susanne Sweet (ed.), Sustainable Consumption and Production, Volume I, chapter 0, pages 249-262, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-56371-4_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56371-4_13
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