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African agriculture stands at a crossroads. Either food security
in Africa will remain elusive with isolated successes fuelling a
sense of false optimism in an otherwise [...]
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Humanity is facing its greatest challenge. To produce 70%
more food by 2050 without destroying the environment
means doing much more with less. Partly due to the
abundant [...]
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Global rates of deforestation and forest degradation
continue at persistently high levels, although annual net
rates of forest loss have slowed to approximately 8 Mha
as [...]
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Who feeds the world? Two billion small-scale farmers who
in addition to feeding themselves also produce surpluses
for local markets — these are the food producers for a [...]
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By 2050, we face the challenge of feeding 50% more people
within the finite and diminishing resources on the planet.
Significant investment is going into the development [...]
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Mining of energy resources and minerals is clearly the
running down of a large but finite, and non-renewable,
resource. It is important also to recognise the nonrenewable [...]
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Increasing population and consumption are placing
unprecedented demands on agriculture and natural
resources across the planet. Today, approximately a
billion people are [...]
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In a little over a decade, the global population is expected
to reach 8 billion. The task of feeding this growing
population will become harder with rising natural resour [...]
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