Rising demand for food around the world can be met without expansion of agricultural cropland
Friday, November 13, 2015 - 09:20
in Biology & Nature
In order to keep pace with projected rates of population growth, global agricultural production will have to be increased by 70 to 100% over the next 35 years. Many research studies have concluded that this is a virtually impossible task. But a new study carried out by a team led by Professor Wolfram Mauser at LMU's Department of Geography comes to a very different conclusion. "The stock of agricultural land currently in use has the potential to feed this growing population, and even to exceed the projected demand for the year 2050. In other words, we could actually produce more than we will need," says Mauser.