The future of sustainable food production.
By the year 2050, the number of people on Earth is expected to increase from the current 6.7 to 9.2 billion. What is the best way to produce enough food to feed all these people? If we continue with current farming practices, vast amounts of wilderness will be lost, millions of birds and billions of insects will die, farm workers will be at increased risk for disease, and the public will lose billions of dollars as a consequence of environmental degradation. Clearly, there must be a better way to resolve the need for increased food production with the desire to minimize its impact.
Ronald
Pamela
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Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA. pcronald@ucdavis.edu
Adamchak
Raoul
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D000383:Agriculture / Q000639:trends*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D005523:Food Supply; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D006801:Humans