Sunday, February 17, 2013
Room 210 (Hynes Convention Center)
The projections for 2050 of a rapid increase in demand for plant foods are in response to population growth and dietary changes. As the world’s population gains wealth, diets include more animal source foods (ASF). The production of ASF uses resources that could yield plant foods for human consumption. The livestock sector has also been seen to have a major negative impact on the environment. What are the ways to reduce competition between humans and animals in agriculture and to reduce negative environments outcomes? ASF also have both positive and negative nutritional effects on human populations. In developing countries we see ASF having a positive effect of child development but also among some sectors in developing and developed countries the emergence of chronic disease. What are the ways to magnify the positive impact and reduce the negatives while addressing global food requirements and minimizing environmental impacts?