28 Apr 2008

Crops more vital than forests, says expert

A conference has been warned of worldwide food shortages unless more land is cleared for agriculture.

French hydrologist Emeritus Professor Ghislain de Marsily has told an international water conference in Adelaide that the world population is likely to increase to nine billion by 2050, but the current rate of food production will not be enough.

He says if production were to stop, the world would only have two months of food supply available. Read on

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