Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

SoylentNews is powered by your submissions, so send in your scoop. Only 12 submissions in the queue.

Can We Feed Billions Without Wrecking the Planet?

posted by martyb on Tuesday January 11 2022, @04:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the Betteridge-says-"No" dept.

AnonTechie writes:

Can We Feed Billions of Ourselves Without Wrecking the Planet?

We are now producing more food more efficiently than ever, and there is plenty to go around for a human population of 7 billion. But it is coming at a drastic cost in environmental degradation, and the bounty is not reaching many people.

Sustainable Food Production, a new Earth Institute primer from Columbia University Press, explores how modern agriculture can be made more environmentally benign, and economically just. With population going to maybe 10 billion within 30 years, the time to start is now, the authors say.

The lead author is ecologist Shahid Naeem, director of the Earth Institute for Environmental Sustainability. He coauthored the book with former Columbia colleagues Suzanne Lipton and Tiff van Huysen.

This is an interesting interview with the author. Do you agree (or disagree) with his conclusions?

Columbia Climate School

[Also Covered By]: Phys.org

Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Can We Feed Billions Without Wrecking the Planet? | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 221 comments | Search Discussion
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 11 2022, @08:39PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 11 2022, @08:39PM (#1211909)

    I knew somebody like you would grasp at any straw he could to try to "debunk me", so I tediously had to find some links that you won't read because they just back up what is common knowledge:

    https://blogs.worldbank.org/africacan/7-facts-about-population-in-sub-saharan-africa [worldbank.org]
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12264271/ [nih.gov]

    Starting Score:    0  points
    Moderation   -1  
       Flamebait=2, Touché=1, Total=3
    Extra 'Flamebait' Modifier   0  
    Total Score:   -1  

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 11 2022, @10:04PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 11 2022, @10:04PM (#1211941)

    You just have to say Africa, adding black makes you look racist and given the topic doubly so. You can rage about the standards of polite society or be flexible and adapt to changing standards. If you refuse to change then don't whine when people say you sound racist.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 12 2022, @05:15PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 12 2022, @05:15PM (#1212163)

      N. African groups are not predominately black. MENA is a real, separate demographic.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday January 17 2022, @06:28AM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 17 2022, @06:28AM (#1213343) Journal
        North African groups are another high population growth rate population.