Scientists Say We Could Feed 1 Billion More People With One Change to the Global Food System
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Scientists Say We Could Feed 1 Billion More People With One Change to the Global Food System
by shifting the split to 40, 50, and 10 percent, we could (thanks to grain feed saved by reducing inefficient beef production) produce easily 30 percent more chicken meat and 20 percent more pork, while more than halving beef’s environmental burden—and still supplying at least 10 percent more meat.
Vaclav Smil • Numbers Don't Lie
milliards d’hectares les terres mal exploitées. Une politique d’ensemble se conjuguerait avec une politique de réforme alimentaire. On pourrait nourrir 9 milliards d’humains avec 1,5 à 2 milliards d’hectares de terres, en abandonnant le modèle carné nord-américain ou argentin ; 7 kilos de céréales sont nécessaires à la production d’1 kilo de viande
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Currently, the global food system accounts for nearly a third of greenhouse gas emissions, and land use for livestock production has been a devastating force of deforestation, using up 80 percent of global farmland to provide fewer than 20 percent of the calories consumed globally.
Mold • Restriction as Possibility; Lifestyle as Politics - MOLD :: Designing the Future of Food
CGIAR isn’t just focused on new seeds. Its scientists have also created a smartphone app that allows farmers to use the camera on their phones to identify specific pests and diseases attacking cassava, an important cash crop in Africa. It’s also created programs for using drones and ground sensors to help farmers determine how much water and fertil
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