Global food crisis looming.(WORLDWATCH)(Brief article)

From: Geographical | Date: November 1, 2007 | Copyright information

A growing human population, combined with a reduction in fertile farmland, could threaten global food security and lead to a crisis in the next 50 years, according to scientists attending the UN-backed International Forum of Soils, Society and Global Change in Iceland.

Environmental degradation, caused by poor farming practices, deforestation and climate change, is taking its toll on the world's most productive regions, diminishing soil fertility to such an extent that they are becoming unsuitable for growing crops or raising livestock. But while agricultural productivity is ...

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