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Overpopulation: Agriculture offers huge opportunities

 

1. As the global population increases, so does the number of mouths to feed. In addition to providing food, innovations in sustainable agriculture can provide a solution to many of the challenges that a growing population presents. Nourishing the Planet recommends four ways that agriculture is helping to address the challenges that a growing global population will bring.

2. Urban agriculture for nutritious food and a cooler climate. Some 65 percent of the global population will live in cities by 2050. Urban agriculture provides an increasing number of city residents with fruits and vegetables, leading to improved nutrition and food security. Urban farms are already gaining popularity around the world.

3. Farming for employment and education. Opportunities in agriculture can reduce poverty and empower a growing population. In Los Angeles county, the organization Farmscape Gardens has helped tackle a 16 percent unemployment rate by hiring workers to establish and maintain edible gardens.

4. To teach the local community about food and agriculture L.A.'s Fremont High School established a school garden of 1.5 acres that is open to students and the greater community. And in Uganda, project DISC (Developing Innovations in School Cultivation) partnered with Slow Food International to develop 17 school gardens that are used to educate students about growing, harvesting, and preparing nutritious local foods.

5. Agroecology for a healthier environment. Agroecology, which offers numerous benefits to the environment while also feeding people, includes organic agriculture, agroforestry, conservation agriculture, and evergreen agriculture.

6. In Niger, farmers promote the re-greening of dried farmland by allowing spontaneous regeneration of woody species. The restored growth has provided farmers with wind breaks, decreased evaporation, sequestered carbon, and provided non-timber forest products.

7. Innovations in food waste to make the most of what we have. Industrialized countries waste 222 million tons of food annually, or almost as much as sub-Saharan Africa's 230 million tons of net food production per year. Decreasing food waste makes it possible to feed people across the planet without increasing agricultural production.

 

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What are the main opportunities of decreasing food waste?

 

1. Decreasing food waste makes it possible to feed birds.

2. Decreasing food waste makes it possible to feed animals.

3. Decreasing food waste makes it possible to redistribute it as meals to the rich.

4. Decreasing food waste makes it possible to feed people across the planet without increasing agricultural production.

 

 

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1. I know hydrogen to have one electron.

2. I heard you deliver lectures on chemistry.

3. The agreement is certain to have been signed.

4. He is sure to be appointed manager of the factory.

 

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1. Testing the motor the engineer applied new methods.

2. While testing the equipment the engineers replaced some machine parts.

3. The electrons move with varying velocities, their velocity depending on the temperature and nature of the material.

4. Then they heard the noise of the plane, its shadow passing over the open glade.