Posted on 09/23/2009 12:19:49 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
ROME (AFP) – World food production must increase by 70 percent by 2050, to nourish a human population then likely to be 9.1 billion, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation forecast Wednesday.
"FAO is cautiously optimistic about the world's potential to feed itself by 2050," said FAO Assistant Director-General Hafez Ghanem. However, he stressed that feeding everyone in the world by then "will not be automatic and several significant challenges have to be met."
The agency is preparing for a high-level expert forum in Rome on October 12-13 on "How to Feed the World in 2050" and plans to gather 300 specialists from academic, non-governmental and private sector institutions.
This forum will pave the way for a World Summit on Food Security in Rome on November 16-18.
The world population is expected to grow from 6.8 billion today to 9.1 billion in 2050, according to the latest UN forecast.
"Nearly all of the population growth will occur in developing countries. Sub-Saharan Africa's population is expected to grow the fastest (up 108 percent, 910 million people), and East and South East Asia's the slowest (up 11 percent, 228 million).
"Around 70 percent of the world population will live in cities or urban areas by 2050, up from 49 percent today," the document said.
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save the smelt
Yup....but they won’t get the food without California giving water to the farmers. Unless they want to import it.
Soylent Green......is people.
Environmental extremists will make sure that world population is five or six billion fewer people by then.
For the children.
They can have mine.
I should be done using it by then.
US provides what percent of the world’s food to 3rd world nations?
Someone other than the US better get busy planting...
What’s the shelf life of pork and beans, never mind I’ll be 107, thats about 27 years longer then I expect to be around. He will come before then and take us home.
lol.. I hear ya, I’ll be long gone at this rate anyway. I’d be 95 or so..
Get out of the World’s way, UN and the World will do fine feeding itself!
Well, assuming Michael Moore is dead by then, that should release about 70% so it all equals out.
Well by then the government of the one world order will be supplying the food, or not...
Looks like we will need more CO2 to grow plants for food. Better start burning more coal and oil NOW!
According to the UN last year or so, the world will stabiliize at about 6.5 Billlion around 2040. They can’t even read their own papers.
Even if true, 70% increase probably won’t be a problem with GM ag products.
“6.8 billion today to 9.1 billion”
Why would a 33% increase in population require a 70% increase in food?
b..bb....bbbu....b...bbbu....bb..but Farming leaves a very large carbon footprint.....
Message to the World. You will be on your own if America signs on to cap and trade.
Our charity is about to run out.
No way man. Obozo will set up a food bar to dole it out.
No gruel for you deary. Next.
Obama lied and billions died.
His failures, the latest seen today, will result in a war like no other in history.
By introducing efficient industrial agriculture to India, Africa, and much of Asia, we could easily do this with the existing agricultural land we have. And that is not even considering aquaculture, industrial urban green housing, or decreases in meat consumption to offset grain needs.
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