Description: Part 1: The challenge1. Needs for food: are we asking too much?2. The Economics of FoodPart 2: Basic resources and constraints3. Land resources and constraints to crop production4. Water and food in developing countries in the next century5. Energy for agriculture in the 21st centuryPart 3: Applications of science to increase yield6. Greater crop production: whence and whither?7. How and when will plant biotechnology help?8. What limits the efficiency of photosynthesis and can there be beneficial improvements?9. Rubisco: the key to improved crop production for a world population of more than eight billion people?10. Increasing rice productivity by manipulation of starch biosynthesis during seed development11. Improving yield potential by modification of plant type and through exploitation of heterosis12. Developing crops with resistance to salinity and drought stress13. Prospects for engineering enhanced durable disease resistance in crops14. A systems perspective on post-harvest lossesPart IV: The role of animal products in feeding eight billion people15. Significance of dietary protein source in human nutrition: animal and/or plant proteins?16. Competition between livestock and man for nutrients: let ruminants eat grass17. Animals and the human food chainPart 5: Social Aspects18. Practical innovation: partnerships between scientists and farmers19. Productivity, poverty alleviation and food security

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