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‘Perfect Storm’ of Food, Energy, and Water Shortages by 2030, Predicts UK Chief Scientist

March 25, 2009 1 comment

Professor John Beddington, the UK Government’s Chief Scientist, has warned that the world’s population is facing a series of threats to livelihoods due to insecure access to food, energy, and water.
The BBC News coverage notes that:
demand for food and energy will jump 50% by 2030 and for fresh water by 30%, as the population tops

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Nobel Winner Claims Future Food Crisis is No “False Alarm”

March 23, 2009 No comments yet

Paul Krugman, a New York Times columnist and winner of the Nobel Prize for economics, recently warned that the world should not allow the financial crisis to overshadow a lingering food crisis.
Krugman noted that a number of resource constraints – such as access to water, oil, and arable land – are converging with growing demand,

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Drought-Tolerant Maize

March 23, 2009 No comments yet

Drought tolerant crops, such as maize, are better able to withstand drops in water supply and are currently expected to be available within 4-5 years.
The biotechnology industry has been working in partnership with other organisations to ensure stress tolerance traits also reach farmers in developing countries.
For example, Monsanto is partnering with the African Agricultural Technology

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