date:May 31, 2012
n from the current 1.3 billion tonnes per year, the F.A.O. said.
The importance of addressing these issues is heightened by the looming growth in the global population to 9 billion by 2050 and expected heightened food demand associated with rising incomes.
Pressure on the worlds agricultural and food systems and the resources they use will grow, the paper said. Worse, unless purposeful action is taken, the increase in food production of 60% needed to meet effective demand will still leave behi