By 2050, global food production will need to grow

Global population growth, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change have affected agriculture and with it, it has also put access to food at risk. Against this background, Carlota Molina, external affairs associate at the World Bank, explained in a recent analysis that the world will need to produce 70% more food in 2050 to feed an estimated population of 9,000 million people. “Food security, poverty and climate change are closely linked. In countries where the economy is based mainly on agriculture, the development of the agricultural sector is the most efficient poverty reduction measure, as it can create jobs and increase the income of small farmers and rural residents, who are the main drivers. 78% of the world's poor ”, explains the analyst. But how to go about increasing agricultural productivity? The analyst raises the desirability of working with a climate-smart agriculture (CSA) approach with an integrated approach to landscape management (croplands, livestock, forests and ...