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The journal Food Nature published a paper titled “Gap between national food production and food-based dietary guidance ...
Mapping the world's food production footprint on climate and environment. Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Journal Nature Sustainability DOI 10.1038/s41893-022-00965-x.
The world population is growing at about 1.1% each year and world food production is increasing at a faster rate. FAO’s latest forecast for 2019 world cereal production is pegged at an all-time high ...
For context, since 2001, global corn production has doubled, wheat production up by a third, and rice production increased by nearly 30 percent. Over that time, world population rose by 25 percent.
The world's growing population will necessitate a 30-70% increase in food production over the next 3 decades. If we are to succeed, it will require a complete overhaul of the way we produce food.
World food production continues to increase, yet the rate at which it is increasing has slowed. From 1970 to 1990, world grain production grew by 64 percent. From 1990 to 2009, it increased by ...
On World Food Day, ... FAO estimates that 30-40% of total food production is lost before it reaches the market leading to significant resource waste - labor, water, and energy.
World Food Day was observed on 16 October, but we can help create the food system we want all year long. What is World Food Day? ... Food production, consumption, ...
The database offers an unprecedented level of detail about food production emissions, showing, for example, that in terms of food distribution, packaging is the biggest emissions offender ...
World food production will have to grow 50 percent by 2050 to meet rising demands, requiring 30 percent more water than today, fueling concerns that mounting agricultural needs risk colliding with ...
Global warming could cause an 18 percent drop in world food production by 2050, but investments in irrigation and infrastructure, and moving food output to different regions, could reduce the loss ...
The United Nations food agency's world price index rose in April for the first time in a year, but is still some 20% down on a record high hit in March 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.