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Can the world be fed?
Above all else, Pettigrew said technology will play a significant role in the world’s ability to meet expanding food needs. In the past 30 years, agriculture has managed to double food production, and it is important to recognize that it did not just magically happen. Agriculture made it happen, and we have a responsibility to make sure that continues to happen into the future, he said.
By 2050, the world will need twice as much crop production as there is now. This will be the result of the population increase ahead, said Pettigrew, as well improved living standards that will lead to greater protein consumption. Given the future constraints of limited land and water, he said technology — and its continued adoption — is the only solution.
One Comment on "Can the world be fed?"
SilentRunning on Wed, 19th May 2010 8:13 am
Instead of vainly hoping that ever larger amounts of technology will be able to grow an infinite amount of food out of finite space – why not attack the actual *cause* of the problem – population growth itself?
With population stabilization (or gradual reduction) there could exist the possibility of enough food.
On the other hand, with non-renewable resources being rapidly exhausted, it is a pipe dream that the food supply can go on doubling and doubling.
Religious ideas of ever swelling numbers of followers – and religious-business ideas of ever swelling numbers of customers will be the death of the ecosystem upon which our lives ultimately depend.