David J. Nolan Director and Stephen B. & Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and Professor, Department of Economics - Cornell University
Perspective Paper
By 2050, there will be far more people to feed, increasingly distant from the rural areas where food is produced, and with the vast majority of the increased demand coming from Africa and Asia. In a world where currently up to 900 million people are chronically malnourished, reducing post-harvest losses could play a significant role in meeting the coming challenge.
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In 2015, the UN's Millennium Development Goals are expiring and the international community will set new goals. The Post-2015 Consensus brings together the world’s top economists, NGOs, international agencies and businesses to identify the goals with the greatest benefit-to-cost ratio for the next development agenda.