... in seeking to maximize yields to meet
growing global food demand, has caused loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) and compaction, impairing critical regulating and supporting ecosystem services upon which humans also depend.
Growing global food demand, climate change, and climate policies favoring bioenergy production are expected to increase pressures on water resources around the world.
Not exact matches
But in addition to the impact of air miles,
global land and resource use determine the sustainability of the
food we eat -
food production can destroy or displace natural resources in order to supply
growing demand.
In its most recent report on the state of
global fisheries, the United Nations»
Food and Agriculture Organization warned that 90 percent of the world's fish stocks are fully or overfished, and increasing production to meet the world's
growing demand for animal protein can't be done in a sustainable manner.
Moreover, the
global population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050 which increases pressure on the
food industry to produce supply to meet the
growing demand.
Wednesday's announcement, the result of a consultation process, seeks to prevent similar situations and make it easier for Victoria's agricultural industries to expand to meet the rising
global demand for protein and high - quality
food even as a
growing generation of tree - changers move from cities to rural and regional towns.
Numerous reports have emphasized the need for major changes in the
global food system: agriculture must meet the twin challenge of feeding a
growing population, with rising
demand for meat and high - calorie diets, while simultaneously minimizing its
global environmental impacts1, 2.
There is a large and
growing global demand for
food and beverage products to meet the needs of people with coeliac disease and people who are gluten intolerant.
As the
global population
grows, so does the
demand for
food — ... more
Less predictable
growing conditions, more connected
global value chains and customers who
demand healthier, more convenient and traceable
foods are the major trends influencing
food and agribusiness in Australia.
Addressing water risks Maintaining
global food security, feeding
growing populations and satisfying the
demand of water - intensive diets are all tasks that will require significantly more water for agriculture and
food production activities in coming years5.
Growing demand for
food means
global food production must roughly double by 2050, he says.
Rice production is critical for
global food security, and
demand will only
grow as the world's population expands by an estimated 2 - 3 billion by 2050.
Nonetheless, with rising sea level and environmental refugeeism compounding the increased
demand on water,
food, and land of a
growing population (albeit one likely to level out mid 21st century), the combined impacts of climate change and
global population increase could potentially yield a world that doesn't look that different from the one portrayed in the movie — indeed, as Jim Hansen puts it, «a different planet» — by century's end.
The Caribou technology platform also has the potential to offer new treatments for unmet medical needs within livestock and address the
growing global demand for reliable
food sources and improved
food safety.
The
growing global demand for
food and bio-energy, and the recent rises in
food prices, slow down progress in reducing poverty, but increase
demand for water from the agriculture and energy sectors.
A
growing global population is largely responsible for greater
food demand but alternative fuels like ethanol also play role in increasing
demand.
A
growing U.S. and
global population simply means more
demand for
food, and that means increased
demand for the various solutions Dover has to offer, from commercial freezers to can and plastic container production to
food prep equipment.
From a
global perspective, we are faced with daunting challenges as documented in World Resources, 1996 - 97: the accelerating confluence of population expansion, increased
demand for energy,
food, clean drinking water, adequate housing, the destructive environmental effects of pollution from fossil fuels and nuclear waste, plus the
growing divergence between the haves and have - nots and the potential for ensuing conflicts.
This technical document stresses that an important challenge for Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) is to increase agriculture production to meet
growing global demand for
food, fiber and energy without proportionally increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
They found that while
global average
food demand per person remains almost constant, in the last five decades
food availability has rapidly increased - hiking the emissions related to
growing surplus
food by more than 300 percent.
I can tell you without a doubt, methane and CO2 will continue to increase, as long as the unrestrained
global population continues to
grow, as well as our
demand for
food and livestock, which continues to spread nitrogen fertilizers and pesticides into the soil and the water.
But with
global food demand expected to
grow another 50 % by 2050, the expanding footprint of agriculture threatens to decimate much of what remains of the earth's forests and grasslands, even if output is able to keep up with
demand.
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Fears that the rising
demand for biofuels is contributing to a
global surge in
food prices are founded, but such pitfalls can be avoided if top energy consumers invest in efficient crops
grown in tropical nations, promote research and encourage the biofuel trade, said Corrado Clini, chairman of the GBEP.