With the increase in focus globally on how humans impact the environment, no group is being challenged more than the people who are responsible for feeding us all. Global populations are projected to increase to almost 10 billion people in the next thirty years, and farmers are faced with the...
World Agriculture GAP report 2019
Ag productivity growth is too slow, report says Agricultural productivity growth, a measure of the increased output of crops and livestock with existing or fewer inputs, is not keeping pace with global demands, according to the newly released 2019 Global Agricultural Productivity (GAP) Report. Agricultural productivity growth is growing globally...
Billions face food, water shortages over next 30 years as nature fails
A new model shows which areas of Earth will likely be hit the hardest by the changes caused by human activity, also revealing possible solutions. As many as five billion people, particularly in Africa and South Asia, are likely to face shortages of food and clean water in the coming...