President Joe Biden’s special envoy for food security, Dr. Cary Fowler, shared that the world could fall short of food by 2050 as a result of falling crop yields, inadequate agricultural research, and trade shocks, reports The Guardian.
Fowler said that agricultural economists project the world needs to produce 50-60 percent more food by 2050 to feed its growing population; however, estimates show that current yields will decline by 3-12 percent from global heating.
“We’re going to fall fairly short of being able to provide that kind of increase in food production by mid-century,” Fowler said.
He warned that many countries have faltered in addressing the global food supply challenge.
“We are in the midst of a global food crisis,” he said. “More than 700 million people were undernourished in 2022 compared to 613 million in 2019. It’s an incomprehensibly large number and a human tragedy. Every country is affected.” Full Story
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