The global food system will face an unprecedented concurrence of pressures over the next decades. The combination of population growth and rising per-capita incomes that will be accompanied by a shift towards more livestock-intense diets in parts of the world will translate into a substantial increase in the demand for agricultural output between now and the middle of the century. These demand-side driving forces are bound to intensify the competition for land and water, particularly in low-income regions with high population growth and a high present incidence of undernutrition.
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