Sustainable agriculture expert Prof Tim Reeves discusses the profound changes required in agricultural practice, public policy and consumer behavior if we are to feed the Earth’s ever-growing human population - projected to exceed 9 billion in 2050. Business-as-usual won’t pass muster anymore.
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| Business as usual will not feed our burgeoning population. |
“A study just being completed by CSIRO scientists, led by Zvi Hochman...showed that since 1990 wheat yield potential in Australia has gone down by 26 per cent as a result of climate change.
“Agriculture already uses 70 per cent of total fresh water withdrawals and that’s an extremely huge challenge for us as we go to produce more food.”
Listen to The University of Melbourne’s Pursuit podcast by Professor Tim Reeves, hosted by Dr Andi Horvath - “The grand challenge of feeding 9 billion people.”
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