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A new report,\u00a0Creating a Sustainable Food Future<\/em>, published by the World Resources Institute (WRI) suggests ways\u00a0of feeding the planet’s almost 10 billion people by 2050 when food demand is set to rise by over 50%, and demand for animal-based food products (meat, dairy, and eggs) likely to grow by almost 70%.<\/p>\n

The report states that the world must boost food production on existing agricultural land\u00a0and that\u00a0genetically modified organisms\u00a0(GMOs) and\u00a0gene editing\u00a0can help improve crop breeding to boost yields.\u00a0According to the report,\u00a0there is no evidence\u00a0that GMOs have directly harmed human health.<\/p>\n

The report says that there is no silver bullet in producing enough food sustainably, but it offers a five-course menu of solutions to ensure feeding everyone without increasing emissions, fueling deforestation, or exacerbating poverty. WRI estimates that feeding the world sustainably while reducing agricultural land use and greenhouse gas (GHG)\u00a0emissions by 2050 will mean the whole world:<\/p>\n

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  1. reducing demand by cutting food loss and waste, eating less beef and lamb, using crops for food and feed rather than\u00a0biofuels, and reducing population growth by achieving replacement fertility levels;<\/li>\n
  2. increasing crop and livestock productivity to higher than historical levels, but on the same land area;<\/li>\n
  3. stopping deforestation, restoring peatlands and degraded land, and linking yield gains to the\u00a0protection of natural landscapes;<\/li>\n
  4. improving aquaculture and managing wild fisheries more effectively; and<\/li>\n
  5. using\u00a0innovative technologies\u00a0and farming methods that lower agricultural GHG emissions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Creating a Sustainable Food Future<\/em>\u00a0has been produced by\u00a0WRI in partnership with the World Bank, UN Environment, UN Development Programme, and the French agricultural research agencies CIRAD and INRA. For more details, read this news article from\u00a0CIRAD<\/a>. Download a copy of the report\u00a0from\u00a0WRI<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Source: ISAAA<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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