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Global agriculture must boost its productivity to feed the planet

2022-06-29T16:32:57.254Z


In the short term, the FAO and the OECD predict a further rebound in wheat. Make a leap “in efficiency” . This is the essential condition for being able to feed the 8.6 billion people who will populate the planet in 2031 (compared to 7.8 billion in 2021), while massively reducing greenhouse gas emissions. See also Indian agriculture to make up for the lack of Ukrainian and Russian wheat According to a study by the United Nations Food Agency (FAO) and the OECD (Organizat


Make a leap

“in efficiency”

.

This is the essential condition for being able to feed the 8.6 billion people who will populate the planet in 2031 (compared to 7.8 billion in 2021), while massively reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

See also

Indian agriculture to make up for the lack of Ukrainian and Russian wheat

According to a study by the United Nations Food Agency (FAO) and the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), to achieve this,

"world agricultural productivity needs to increase by 28% in over the next decade”

.

This amounts to

“more than tripling the increase in productivity recorded over the past ten years”

.

“If we maintain the status quo, the UN Sustainable Development Goal and the end of hunger will not be achieved by 2030, and agricultural greenhouse gas emissions will continue to increase “

, warn the FAO and the OECD.

“Direct CO2 and methane emissions from agriculture are expected to increase by 6% over the next decade, with livestock accounting for more than…

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Source: lefigaro

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