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The new green revolution that will feed the world
Today, around 3.5 billion people will sit down to a meal of something and rice. The “something” will depend on whether it’s Jamaica, Shanghai or Kerala, but rice is one of the world’s constants. It is a staple food for nearly half the globe and provides a fifth of all the calories humanity consumes. It is hard to overstate its ...
Farming in Qatar
Qatar's energy resources have given it one of the world's highest per capita incomes, a futuristic urban skyline and enough clout to host the 2022 soccer World Cup. But its wealth may not be enough for the arid state to achieve an even more ambitious goal: becoming largely self-sufficient in food. ...
Global food supply issues
The global population is increasing, and so does the food demand. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) even estimates that global food demand will have doubled in 2050. A huge challenge, but achievable. Food supply is not expected to become a big issue, which is not the case for sustainable food production. Rabobank ...
Food prices - Along came a spider
Last month, the FAO - UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation - called for a special meeting (24/09 in Rome) after riots in Mozambique and press head lines suggested we were heading for a major food crisis, with echos from the 2007-2008 commodity spike. How serious is it and should we become worried ?
De kiemen van de nieuwe voedselcrisis
Een van de gevolgen van de Econoshock is de druk op de voedselproductie. De combinatie van demografische groei, hoger calorieverbruik in Brazilië, Rusland, India en China (de zogenaamde BRIC-landen) en in Zuid-Afrika en Turkije (SaT), de hogere energieprijzen en de opwarming van de aarde, is dat de voedselproductie onder druk ...
















