The Future of Agriculture: Synthesis of an online debate
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Fried, MarkPublication date
2013-07-30Keywords
AgricultureLivelihoods
Climate change adaptation
Food prices
Food production
Food security
Land rights
Smallholder agriculture
Women farmers
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Oxfam InternationalDocument type
Discussion paperDescription
The fear that global demand for food will outstrip supply has led to significant debate. Oxfam hosted an online discussion in December 2012 to get beyond the question of securing steady supplies of raw materials for food and beverage companies and to rise above polarized discourses on large-scale industrialized vs. smallholder farms. The two-week debate on the future of agriculture formed part of Oxfam’s efforts to develop a creative and positive vision of global food production that can ensure that everyone has enough to eat always.
This paper offers a synthesis of the online debate, the 23 essays by food and development experts from 16 countries that formed the basis of the discussion, and Oxfam’s brief concluding remarks.