1. Global Food Security: Looking for the next Green Revolution Richard Gower, Oxfam

2. A quick reminder Some definitions: Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. Food insecurity exists when people do not have adequate physical, social or economic access to food as defined above.

3. The supply problem Increasing population Climate change Changing consumption patterns

4. The affordability problem A lot of people can’t afford food right now.

5. If prices rise to ration supply… If food prices double, consumption halves in Zambia, but falls by just 5% in North America Proportion of income spent on food in selected countries:

6. Where do the hungry live?

7. The Yield Gap (tonne/ha)

8. Why?

9. Sustainable Intensification

10. Market and government failures: Access to appropriate technology; Access to credit; Access to markets (inputs and outputs); Access to land;

11. Sustainable Intensification “The projects analysed in this study have resulted in more than 10 million farmers adopting a wide variety of approaches and technologies for sustainable intensification of their agricultural systems. As a result, food production has increased substantially. However, the challenge is now to spread effective processes and lessons to many more millions of farmers and pastoralists across the whole of the continent” Foresight Project on Global Food and Farming Futures: Sustainable intensification in African Agriculture