Potatoes for Sustainable Global Food Security

Potato is the third most important food crop in terms of global consumption, and it has been highly recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as a food security crop as the world faces a growing population and related problems with food supply. This paper presents da...

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Published inPotato research Vol. 57; no. 3-4; pp. 185 - 199
Main Authors Devaux, André, Kromann, Peter, Ortiz, Oscar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2014
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Agricultural research
Agricultural societies
Agriculture
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Consumption data
Developing countries
Food security
Food supply
Hunger
LDCs
Life Sciences
Malnutrition
Plant Genetics and Genomics
Plant Sciences
Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Potatoes
Sustainable agriculture
Vegetable industry
Vegetables
“Pro-poor” technologies
Vulnerability
Priority setting
Small-scale farmers
Institutional innovation
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Summary:Potato is the third most important food crop in terms of global consumption, and it has been highly recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as a food security crop as the world faces a growing population and related problems with food supply. This paper presents data on global potato production, consumption, malnutrition, and hunger; information which helps pinpoint where the resource-poor and hungry live and how the potato and international agricultural research could help improve food security and livelihoods in developing countries. The International Potato Center has used such a targeting exercise to focus its research for development and develop its new strategic plan, in which five out of the six objectives are related to potato.
ISSN:0014-3065
1871-4528
DOI:10.1007/s11540-014-9265-1