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One of our most fundamental needs is food – sufficient, nutritious, safe, and affordable. For 50 years or more, with a few notable and persistent exceptions, we have all benefited from the remarkable output and advances of our modern food system. Notwithstanding these accomplishments, our food production system is increasingly being stressed. Indeed, over the next few decades, demand for food is forecast by many to grow faster than supply.

Resolve Agriculture Related Problems Now

Since 1960, the world’s population has more than doubled to 6.7 billion people, and we will have more company soon: an additional 2.5 billion over the next 15 years. Just as importantly, worldwide per capita caloric intake is also rising, particularly in the developing world, as are the consumption of meat, dairy, and fresh produce, which require far greater agricultural output per calorie consumed than other forms of food. Indeed, to keep up with demand, more food will have to be produced over the next fifty years than was produced over the last 10,000 years combined! Factor in the growing use of grains for bio-fuels and demand for agricultural production is forecast to rise 3.3% per year.