Thursday, February 19, 2009

ENVIROBLOG: Food production worldwide may fall 25 percent by 2050. At the same time, the prices will rise up to 30 -50 percent

Enviroblog: UNEP report highlights food crisis Archives
By Jovana Ruzicic
A recent report by the United Nations Environment Program(UNEP) predicts that food production worldwide may fall 25 percent by 2050. At the same time, the prices will rise up to 30 -50 percent, and the population will increase by millions. The loss is due to climate change, land degradation, water scarcity and degradation, among other things. The global economic downturn is not helping either, as well as our general mentality of not working with the nature but against it. ...
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