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How to Feed the World in 2050

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Organisation: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publish Date: October 2009
Country: Global
Sector: Agriculture
Method: Expert panels
Theme: Food
Type: Report
Language: English
Tags: Food production, Natural resources, New technologies, Research and development, Poverty, Investments, Climate change, Food challenges, Policies

In the first half of this century, as the world’s population grows to around 9 billion, global demand for food, feed and fibre will nearly double while, increasingly, crops may also be used for bioenergy and other industrial purposes. New and traditional demand for agricultural produce will thus put growing pressure on already scarce agricultural resources. And while agriculture will be forced to compete for land and water with sprawling urban settlements, it will also be required to serve on other major fronts: adapting to and contributing to the mitigation of climate change, helping preserve natural habitats, protecting endangered species and maintaining a high level of biodiversity. As though this were not challenging enough, in most regions fewer people will be living in rural areas and even fewer will be farmers. They will need new technologies to grow more from less land, with fewer hands.
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