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Balancing virtual land imports by a shift in the diet: Using a land balance approach to assess the sustainability of food consumption

Food security and self-provision of major cities mapped

SciDev.Net: Ensuring Food Security, Key Resources

Videos from workshop sessions at True cost accounting in food and farming conference

Genetically Modified Crops in sub-Saharan Africa

World Food LCA Database

Measuring the impacts of consumption in the UK of non-UK imported goods and services on global biodiversity

Impact of EU consumption on deforestation

FOE report on consumption and land use

This report says that Europe’s high consumption levels of products such as meat, dairy and textiles that require large areas of land, mean that Europe’s 'land footprint' remains one of the largest in the world. The report finds that the EU is importing the equivalent of 1,212,050 square kilometres to meet its demand for food.