Anthrobleme:a scar on the earth caused by mankind's activities
Anthrobleme:a scar on the earth caused by mankind's activities
Yields are the driving force of modern agriculture. Whether a farmer is growing corn to feed his dairy cows or someone else’s, he gets paid by the ton. If he can apply a little extra of something that is cheap or free (fertilizer or manure) in order to ensure a high yield, that’s a no-brainer.But...
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"Business as usual would mean a huge and simultaneous increase in the need for food, energy and water in the next decades: 60 percent more food, 50 percent more energy and 40 percent more water by 2050," Graziano da Silva said during his remarks.
FAO estimates point to the need to increase food production by 60 percent by 2050 to feed a population that will top the 9 billion mark.
FAO estimates that a third of all soils are degraded, due to erosion, compaction, soil sealing, salinization, soil organic matter and nutrient depletion, acidification, pollution and other processes caused by unsustainable land management practices.
Unless new approaches are adopted, the global amount of arable and productive land per person will in 2050 be only one-fourth of the level in 1960.
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In the end, it will be soil depletion that resets the balance between human population and the planet's carrying capacity--with energy, water, phosphorus and other problems concurrently creating a perfect storm of crisis. There might be time to turn this around. But not much.
Updated on Nov 02, 15
Created on Aug 02, 09
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