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THE GLOBAL INFORMATION AND SOLUTIONS NETWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE GASTRONOMY

THE GLOBAL INFORMATION AND SOLUTIONS NETWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE GASTRONOMY

This is why food security matters now more than ever

Food security is a rising concern as the global population is expected to reach 10 billion by 2100.

  • By 2050 there will be two billion more people on Earth than there are today.
  • Today’s agriculture can’t deliver enough food to meet that need.
  • So change is needed to increase output across the globe.
  • But it mustn’t be done at the expense of an increasingly fragile environment.
  • And the world’s most undernourished need help now.

The global food security challenge is straightforward: by 2050, the world must feed two billion more people, an increase of a quarter from today’s global population. The demand for food will be 56% greater than it was in 2010.

Read the rest of the article here: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/11/food-security-why-it-matters/

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