European food and agricultural strategy for 21st century

P.S. Bindraban, R. Rabbinge

Research output: Contribution to journalArticleAcademicpeer-review

13 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Production ecological analyses reveal great differences in food production potential and food requirement between global regions, which implies the need for redistribution of food between surplus and deficit regions. The surplus production potential, current production and trade volumes of Europe along with the desires of its society for non-food functions from its land, favours a dual agricultural path for Europe. It can continue to guarantee its own food provision through a food-oriented path of intensive agriculture, while cherishing a socially-oriented pathway to meet non-food desires. Europe can assume an active role in world food security by using its surplus potential to supplement the deficit region Asia and by using its agricultural insight to facilitate processes towards sustainable agriculture in Latin America and to support overall agricultural development in Africa. The prospects for the coming decades for European agriculture are so favourable that there is little need to introduce agro-energy or heavy subsidy measures to stimulate or revitalise agricultural development within its territory
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)80-101
JournalInternational Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology
Volume9
Issue number1/2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Keywords

  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Integrated agriculture
  • Latin America
  • Multifunctional agriculture

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'European food and agricultural strategy for 21st century'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this