(par 5.2.1.4.1 ) How Will We Feed a World of Nine Billion People
How Will We Feed a World of Nine Billion People? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/150701-hunger-food-agriculture-population-ngbooktalk/# By Simon Worrall, National Geographic, 1 July 2015 The key, says the author of a new book, is to use water better, close yield gaps, eat less meat, and family planning. Workers shovel corn on a 300-acre farm in Gogo, Ethiopia that also produces wheat, beans, […]
(par 5.2.1.4.1 ) Climate change ‘threat to food production’
Climate change ‘threat to food production’ http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/climate-change-threat-to-food-production-1.1778686 November 11 2014 at 04:49pm By Melanie Gosling Droughts are increasing in Africa as a result of climate change. Here. the carcasses of cows lie in the Kenyan town of El Wak. Picture taken on December 19, 2005. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna Midrand – The maize yield in South Africa […]
(par 5.2.1.3) Birth Control Could Help the Environment, but Not Quickly
Birth Control Could Help the Environment, but Not Quickly http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/birth-control-could-help-the-environment-but-not-quickly/ Family planning could help reduce the pressure human population puts on the planet, but not for decades October 30, 2014|By Niina Heikkinen and ClimateWire This week, a group of researchers promoted a different kind of global approach to addressing climate change: voluntary family planning. Though their proposal may […]