The growth in global population threatens the survival of the human race in relation to the availability of enough food to feed an estimated 10.9 Billion by 2050. We explore some foreseen challenges and possible solutions

1. FOOD
SECURITY
FEDOROFF, N.V., 2015. FOOD IN
A FUTURE OF 10
BILLION. AGRICULTURE & FOOD
SECURITY, 4(11).
Yin, Greenie, James

3. FOOD RIOTS IN CAPE
TOWN

4. FOOD PRICE

5. CROP DOMESTICATION – THE
REVOLUTION OF CORN

6. INDUSTRIAL
AGRICULTURE
Rural population and average farm size through time for Whitman County, Washington (U.S.
Department of Commerce 1900, 1930, 1970, 1992).

7. THE GREEN
REVOLUTION
The Green Revolution refers to a series of research
and development and technology transfer initiatives,
occurring between the 1930s and the late 1960s
Norman Ernest (1914-2009)

8. GENETICALLY
MODIFICATION

9. GENETICALLY
MODIFIED CROPS

10. GMO CROPS
WORLDWIDE

11. CRITICISM
The overwhelming evidence is that the GM foods now on the
market are as safe, or safer, than non-GM.
Moreover, there is no evidence that the use of GM techniques to
modify organisms is associated with unique hazards.

12. FUTURE CHALLENGES
Population growth

13. Limited Freshwater
resources

14. Future solutions

15. Adopt GM Methods

16. Invest in agricultural
technologies
http://www.nesta.org.uk/news/precision-agriculture

17. Questions??