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As the world prepares for the new millennium, all countries are trying quickly to adjust to changing needs within the increasingly mobile global marketplace.
En la actualidad, la población de América Latina es urbana en su mayoría. Ya en 1990, 72% de la población de la región vivía en las ciudades (figura 1). En el año 2020, la población urbana podría llegar a 83%.
Paix et alimentation
Food from peace
Creating a hunger-free world in the 21st century will require prevention and resolution of violent conflicts, as well as a concerted effort to rebuild war-torn societies.
In this policy brief we argue that the agroecological approach to food production offers more hope of combating hunger in a sustainable fashion than does the more conventional "green revolution" strategy.
The Green Revolution has had a tremendous positive effect on food security in the developing world. Increased use of modern varieties of wheat has helped belie the conventional wisdom of the 1970s that the world was going to run out of food.