Friday, May 6, 2011

Can the World Feed 10 Billion People?

Can the World Feed 10 Billion People? - By Raj Patel | Foreign Policy: The world's demographers this week increased their estimates of the world's population through the coming century. We are now on track to hit 10 billion people by 2100. Today, humanity produces enough food to feed everyone but, because of the way we distribute it, there are still a billion hungry. One doesn't need to be a frothing Malthusian to worry about how we'll all get to eat tomorrow. Current predictions place most of the world's people in Asia, the highest levels of consumption in Europe and North America, and the highest population growth rates in Africa -- where the population could triple over the next 90 years. There are, however, plans afoot to feed the world.

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