Tim Searchinger (WRI and Princeton University)
Lead Author:
Richard Waite (WRI)
Craig Hanson (WRI)
Janet Ranganathan (WRI)
Lead modeler:
Patrice Dumas (CIRAD)
Editor:
Emily Matthews
Designer:
Carni Klirs
« As the global population grows from 7 billion in 2010 to a projected 9.8 billion in 2050, and incomes grow across the developing world, overall food demand is projected to increase by more than 50 percent. Demand for more resource-intensive foods like meat and dairy products is projected to rise even faster, by nearly 70 percent. Yet even today, more than 800 million people are hungry or malnourished. Increasing food production in ways that respect human well-being and the environment presents enormous challenges. Agriculture already uses almost half of the world’s vegetated land, and agriculture and related land-use change generate one-quarter of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. «
