Global food trade may not meet all future demand, study indicates

Monday, September 8, 2014 - 02:01 in Mathematics & Economics

As the world population continues to grow, by about 1 billion people every 12 to 14 years since the 1960s, the global food supply may not meet escalating demand – particularly for agriculturally poor countries in arid to semi-arid regions, such as Africa's Sahel, that already depend on imports for much of their food supply.

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