Sentences with phrase «growing global population»

Yet the need to feed a rapidly growing global population — projected to reach 9 billion by 2050 — is urgent.

We know that sustainability and innovation are critical in promoting a thriving food and ag industry that will feed growing global populations for years to come, which is a key focus our Banking for Food strategy.

On the other hand, along with improved agricultural efficiency, this more favorable growing climate has allowed us to feed a rapidly growing global population despite Stanford scientist Paul Ehrlich's dire predictions we would experience mass starvation by the 1970s.

Since two billion humans still depend on wood and dung to cook their supper, Smil notes that «much more energy will be needed during the coming generations to extend decent life to the majority of a still growing global population.»

We have a rapidly growing global population and the threat of resource scarcity so if there is ever a time to take a long hard look at what we accept as the norm and ask whether it is the right way or not, it has to be now.

In the long run most analysts expect demand for potash to increase, as a growing global population looks to maximize yields from its shrinking pool of arable farmland.

To keep up with the needs of a growing global population may no be possible.

Quorn chief executive Kevin Brennan said: «We are proud to be contributing to the UK's export drive and to be investing in a British innovation that is vital to addressing the future need for protein across a growing global population.

All natural resources are under pressure with the growing global population.

That's the inference of a new report that says our growing global population will send greenhouse gases into overdrive unless something is done to curb the world's appetite for meat — and links the environmental, health and economic cases for doing so.

The general consensus from summit participants was that intensive production methods were not the sole solution to feed the growing global population.

Collaboration across the value chain will be key in developing the regional packaging industry and to feed a growing global population that is set to reach 9 billion by 2050.

This is a crucial part of the journey to feed a growing global population and contribute to meeting the target of the Sustainable Development Goals to halve per capita global food waste by 2030.

These new facilities are enhancing IRRI's capacity to increase rice yields against a backdrop of agricultural production pressures and a growing global population.

Bob Norman continues: «Farmers are under enormous pressure to produce food in ever - more sustainable ways in order to feed a growing global population and counter the effects of climate change.

Summit participants agreed intensive production methods were not the sole answer to feeding the growing global population.

Food - security experts from all over the world will converge on Belfast from 28 - 31 May 2018 for a major Summit on how to feed a growing global population — amid massive challenges such as climate change, Brexit, labyrinthine food - supply chains and food fraud on a global scale.

«It is also a general attack on scientific advances aiming to meet one of the world's biggest challenges - providing safe and nutritious food for a growing global population, whilst reducing the environmental impact of production.»

And as a growing global population demands ever more energy, the next generation of batteries can't come soon enough (see «Global Lithium Demand»).

A leading researcher dishes the dirt on potentially sustainable agriculture for a growing global population.

Professor Bruce Fitt, professor of plant pathology at the University of Hertfordshire's School of Medical and Life Sciences, said: «There is considerable debate about the impact of climate change on crop production — and making sure that we have sufficient food to feed the ever - growing global population is key to our future food security.»

Genetic engineering, though contentious, has transformed agriculture into a well - oiled and finely tuned biological machine that aims to feed the growing global population.

Understanding the molecular basis of interactions between plants and nematodes could lead to the development of new strategies to control these major agricultural pests and help feed a growing global population.

There is not enough arable land to meet the growing global population's food demands; new solutions are desperately needed.

Aside from potential for fueling the economy, corn could play an important role in feeding the growing global population.

Professor Martin A. J. Parry of the Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) said: «Improving the efficiency of photosynthesis — the way crops turn carbon dioxide in our atmosphere into everything we can eat — may seem ambitious but for us it offers the best opportunity for producing the scale of change in crop yield that we need to feed a growing global population in a changing world climate.»

One of the most critical questions surrounding climate change is how it might affect the food supply for a growing global population.

Washington State University researchers have concluded that feeding a growing global population with sustainability goals in mind is possible.

BOSTON — How will agriculture be able to meet the needs of a growing global population?

A growing global population, shrinking farmland and climate change will force us to find new ways to guarantee food supplies.

«We're seeing an expansion of agricultural lands in some areas because of the growing global population,» Jackson, who is a co-chair of the Global Carbon Project, which studies the global carbon cycle, said.

Supporters of the technology say genetically engineered, or GE, crops are necessary for meeting the nutritional demands of a growing global population.

But the ocean is under threat, stressed by careless lifestyles and the increasing demands of a growing global population.

Thanks in large part to global warming and more CO2, global farmers are producing more food on less land to feed a growing global population.

A growing global population is largely responsible for greater food demand but alternative fuels like ethanol also play role in increasing demand.

The report, written by Elanco President Jeff Simmons, advocates for farmer access to innovative tools in order to feed a growing global population and save natural resources.

Elanco Animal Health and Dow AgroSciences Announce Strategic R&D Agreement Agreement will focus on developing integrated solutions to enable livestock producers to increase meat and milk production to meet the demands of the growing global population.

As if a growing global population had nothing to do with it.

What is the impact of a growing global population, urbanisation and climate change on these water risks, the food supply and migration?

Coverage of the subject in the past year alone indicates that these considerations are part of an ongoing, growing discussion surrounding climate change, the impact our growing global population has on it and how family size can help mitigate its effects.

Nonetheless, significant challenges remain as a growing global population intensifies energy use and industrial and agricultural activities.

Another focus area is climate - smart agriculture that improves yields to feed a growing global population, reduces emissions, and adds carbon storage.

So too, these days, do our efforts to meet our energy needs, feed a growing global population, ensure peace and security, and fight poverty and disease rely on wisely managing water resources that we can no longer treat as limitless.

It is fitting that Slow Food has a prominent place at the World's fair, which this year is hosted in Italy and promises to explore the topic of feeding the growing global population.

A growing global population, continuing industrialization, and continuing reliance on fossil fuels are combining to create a number of threats to natural ecosystems and to sustainability of human processes.

«With a growing global population and consumption - oriented economic growth, it is hard to be optimistic about the changing global climate system.»