{"id":2990,"date":"2018-12-07T10:07:40","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T10:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2018\/12\/how-to-feed-the-world-without-destroying-it\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T12:56:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T11:56:58","slug":"how-to-feed-the-world-without-destroying-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2018\/12\/how-to-feed-the-world-without-destroying-it\/","title":{"rendered":"How to feed the world without destroying it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light curved-bottom\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2414\" height=\"1356\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aman-bhargava-268339-unsplash.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-post-image\" alt=\"Seafood crates banner\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aman-bhargava-268339-unsplash.jpg 2414w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aman-bhargava-268339-unsplash-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aman-bhargava-268339-unsplash-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aman-bhargava-268339-unsplash-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aman-bhargava-268339-unsplash-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aman-bhargava-268339-unsplash-2048x1150.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2414px) 100vw, 2414px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title\">How to feed the world without destroying it<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2018-12-07T10:07:40+00:00\">7 December 2018<\/time><\/div>\n<p class=\"lead\">A new report investigates the enormous challenge of feeding our rapidly growing population without further damaging our environment and worsening climate change.<\/p>\n\n<p><em>[UPDATE: Since this story was written, another major report on diet and sustainability has been released, in January 2019. The EAT-Lancet Commission&#8217;s report called for major changes in global food production and consumption but concluded that even with these, feeding a population of more than 10bn people sustainably is unlikely to be achievable. Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/landmark-diet-reports-neglected-message-address-population-or-starve\">here<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/the-facts\/the-numbers\">UN predicts<\/a> there will be 9.8 billion humans on Earth by 2050 \u2013 over 2 billion (29%) more than currently. This rapid population growth in combination with increasing affluence means global food demand is expected to increase by more than 50 percent, while demand for animal-based foods such as meat and dairy will grow by 70 percent.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/food_small_-avel-chuklanov-223465-unsplash_1.jpg\" alt=\"How to feed the world without destroying it\" class=\"wp-image-4010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/food_small_-avel-chuklanov-223465-unsplash_1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/food_small_-avel-chuklanov-223465-unsplash_1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>How to feed the world without destroying it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The report, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wri.org\/publication\/creating-sustainable-food-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creating a Sustainable Food Future<\/a><\/em>, published this week by the World Resources Institute (WRI) lays out a whole smorgasbord of solutions to tackle the paradox of increasing food production while decreasing farming emissions and avoiding converting additional land to agriculture.<\/p>\n\n<p>Ramping up business-as-usual agriculture to meet demand is out of the question. The report states:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIf today\u2019s levels of production efficiency were to remain constant through 2050, then feeding the planet would entail clearing most of the world\u2019s remaining forests, wiping out thousands more species, and releasing enough GHG emissions to exceed the 1.5\u00b0C and 2\u00b0C warming targets enshrined in the Paris Agreement\u2014even if emissions from all other human activities were entirely eliminated.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Proposed solutions include drastically decreasing meat consumption in rich countries, reducing food waste, reforestation, and intensifying food production via technological innovations enabled by redirecting funding from subsidies to research and development. Refreshingly, the authors also highlight the need to curb population growth by increasing educational opportunities for girls, boosting family planning services and reducing infant and child mortality.<\/p>\n\n<p>The report promotes achieving replacement-level fertility rates (no more than two children per woman) globally, which is particularly challenging in Sub-Saharan Africa, the region with the highest population growth and proportion of chronically hungry people.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/SubSahara-WRI.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/SubSahara-WRI.jpg 852w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/SubSahara-WRI-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/SubSahara-WRI-768x351.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>It states that if sub-Saharan Africa manages to reduce its current fertility rate of more than five children per woman to the replacement level by 2050, its population would grow to 1.8 billion instead of the expected 2.2 billion. This would mean the growth in regional crop demand would fall by nearly one third relative to the baseline projection and farmers would need to clear 163 million fewer hectares of forests and savannas for agriculture than expected, reducing the gap between the projected level of greenhouse gases and what is needed to meet the Paris Agreement target of keeping global warming within\u00a02\u00b0 C.<\/p>\n\n<p>Similarly to the <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2018\/10\/08\/ipcc-report-we-need-net-zero-2050\">IPCC\u2019s latest climate report<\/a>, WRI\u2019s report stresses that none of their proposed solutions will be effective in isolation and that all of them must be implemented quickly and efficiently in order to prevent hunger while safeguarding the environment.<\/p>\n\n<p>It is obvious that the faster we reduce unsustainable population growth, the better our chances of feeding the whole world sustainably.<\/p>\n\n<p>As Population Matters\u2019 patron Sir David Attenborough said:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAll our environmental problems become easier to solve with fewer people, and harder \u2014 and ultimately impossible \u2014 to solve with ever more people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-share\"><a class=\"fb-share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fnews%2F2018%2F12%2Fhow-to-feed-the-world-without-destroying-it%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div>\n  \nShare<\/div><\/a><a class=\"tw-share\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fnews%2F2018%2F12%2Fhow-to-feed-the-world-without-destroying-it%2F&amp;text=How+to+feed+the+world+without+destroying+it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div>\n  \nTweet<\/div><\/a><a class=\"li-share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fnews%2F2018%2F12%2Fhow-to-feed-the-world-without-destroying-it%2F&amp;text=How+to+feed+the+world+without+destroying+it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div>\n  \nPost<\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-blue-background-color has-background alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-grid grid grid-3\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-post-teaser\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/the-facts-resources-consumption\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Resources &amp; consumption<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aman-bhargava-268339-unsplash-768x431.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-2284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aman-bhargava-268339-unsplash-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aman-bhargava-268339-unsplash-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aman-bhargava-268339-unsplash-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aman-bhargava-268339-unsplash-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aman-bhargava-268339-unsplash-2048x1150.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/img>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The 8 billion people on Earth are demanding more resources than it can provide. 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