Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems, Second Edition addresses important issues by examining topics of global agriculture and food systems that are key to understanding the challenges we face. Questions it addresses include:

• Will we be able to produce enough food to meet the increasing dietary needs and wants of the additional two billion people expected to inhabit our planet by 2050?
• Will we be able to meet the need for so much more food while simultaneously reducing adverse environmental effects of today's agriculture practices?
• Will we be able...