Considering a doubling of the global population, food production has increased dramatically during the last half-century, allowing for a remarkable reduction in the fraction of the world's population that is hungry. Despite this, more than one in every seven individuals today does not get enough protein and energy from their diet, and even more suffer from micronutrient malnutrition. The world is now confronted with a new set of difficulties that are intertwined. Although the global population will continue to rise, it is expected to reach 9 billion people by the middle of the century.
