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Asia Faces Food Shortage By 2050

by Alejandro Sáenz

This warning, along with related forecasts and possible solutions, appear in a report entitled, "Revitalizing Asia's Irrigation: To Sustainably Meet Tomorrow's Food Needs", which was presented August 17 at 2009 World Water Week in Stockholm by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
The study was carried out by IWMI and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) along with researchers from partner organizations with funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It outlines three options for meeting the food needs of Asia's population, which will expand by one and a half billion people over the next 40 years. The first is to import large quantities of cereals from other regions; the second to improve and expand rainfed agriculture; and the third to focus on irrigated farmlands.


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Adapted from materials provided by International Water Management Institute.

Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090817143558.htm

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