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The book highlights proceedings from the Berlin 2008: Agriculture and Development conference held in preparation for the World Development Report 2008.

By 2050 the world's population is projected to grow by one-third, reaching between 9 and 10 billion. With globalization and expected growth in global affluence,

The world's demand for food is expected to double within the next 50 years, while the natural resources that sustain agriculture will become increasingly scarce

Interest is growing in sustainable agriculture, which involves the use of productive and profitable farming practices that take advantage of natural biological