Fwd: FW: food shortage or nutrient shortage
pulinattu geevarghese
From: pulinattu geevarghese <pigeev...@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:50 AM
Subject: FW: food shortage or nutrient shortage
To: anaswara pulinattu <drge...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:28:36 +0530
Subject: food shortage or nutrient shortage
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Food shortage or nutrient shortage
The planet has seven billion people and may grow to nine billion by 2050. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), more than 870 million people were chronically undernourished in 2012, with almost 250 million of the world's hungry living in India.
Appalling statistics generate an impression of an acute shortfall in food production and are frequently flashed to justify the commercialization of GM crops. Is the world really witnessing a shortfall in food production?
Let us therefore take a look at the performance of global agriculture in the year 2012. Despite the severe drought in the US and Australia, where wheat production is anticipated to fall by 40%, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that the world still harvested 2239.4 million metric tonnes, enough to feed 13 billion people at one pound per day. The food being globally produced today can feed twice the existing population. According to the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), against the average requirement of about 2,400 calories per capita, what is presently available is 4,600 calories. So where is the crisis? Food or (mis)management?
Truely urs
Ramakumar
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Dr. P I Geevarghese,Ph.D
Professor and Head
Department of DairyChemistry,College of Dairy Science and Technology,Mannuthy-680 651, Thrissur,
Kerala
Ph.09447391283