The UN has warned of a global hunger crisis over predicted poor crop yields. Photo by wordpress.com
2.4 Billion Extra People, No More Land: How Will We Feed The World In 2050? -- The Independent
Steve Connor reveals how scientists propose a major policy shift to tackle one of the great challenges of the 21st century.
The finite resources of the Earth will be be stretched as never before in the coming 40 years because of the unprecedented challenge of feeding the world in 2050, leading scientists have concluded in a report to be published next week.
Food production will have to increase by between 70 and 100 per cent, while the area of land given over to agriculture will remain static, or even decrease as a result of land degradation and climate change. Meanwhile the global population is expected to rise from 6.8 billion at present to about 9.2 billion by mid-century.
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My Comment: If not .... what has been happening in Tunisia and Egypt in the past two weeks will be a piper when compared to what may happen in the future when the populations involved are 50% greater.