Urban agriculture has considerable potential to improve food security in the developing world. Key issues, such as urban sprawl, contamination threats and legality, must be addressed for urban farming to have a sustainable future.

China faces a significant challenge in maintaining food and water security over the next 30 years. With less than ten per cent of the world’s arable land and only seven per cent of its potable water, China must feed 20 per cent of the world’s population.

This paper argues that there is a moderate to high risk that Egypt will develop both food and water crises in the next decade.

This paper summarises the conclusions reached during a series of workshops conducted by FDI over the last 18 months, including the recent workshops on conflict points held in March 2012.

To date, the Australian food supply chain has demonstrated a high degree of resilience, but there are factors on both the demand and supply sides of the chain that are decreasing future resilience.