According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, food production must double to feed the world’s human population by 2050. Not only will we need twice as much food, it must also be more nutritious, reliably produced and adequately distributed. To achieve this we require technological, cultural, economic and social advances. Richard Morrison, speaking at the 2012 annual meeting of the Agri-Business Council of Arizona on May 18, describes the critical gap between current agricultural output and the level it needs to attain, with implications for producers, communities, academic institutions, legislative groups, and for each of us as individuals.
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