2050: A third more mouths to feed

23 Sep 09

Producing 70 percent more food for an additional 2.3 billion people by 2050 while at the same time combating poverty and hunger, using scarce natural resources more efficiently and adapting to climate change are the main challenges world agriculture will face in the coming decades, according to an FAO discussion paper published on 23 September 2009. The UN agency will organize a High-Level Expert Forum in Rome on 12-13 October 2009 to discuss strategies on "How to Feed the World in 2050". The Forum will bring together around 300 leading experts from academic, nongovernmental and private sector institutions from developing and developed countries. The Forum will prepare the ground for the World Summit on Food Security, to take place in Rome 16-18 November 2009.
http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/35571/icode/

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