Tuesday 25 October 2011

As the population grows, feeding the extra billions

By 2050 there is expected to be nine billion people on the planet, given the limited resources of the earth agriculture production will need to be doubled or even tripled in the next 40 years, if that's possible. "In the future we need to have to ensure that there is even greater productivity if we are to succeed in satisfying the rapidly growing demands of people for food. Land area is increasingly becoming a limiting factor for the increase in food production." said Harald von Witzke, professor of agricultural sciences at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Read more ...
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