The goal of this report is to assess the current and short-term prospects for food and nutrition security in the Americas (North, Central and South America, together with the island states of the Caribbean). The Inter-American Network of Academies of Science (IANAS) approached this task by working with the academies of science in each country to commission country assessments. The result is a book-length report comprising assessments from 21 countries ranging from Canada in the north to Chile and Argentina in the south, together with one regional chapter covering many of the Caribbean islands ...