Feeding 9 billion... How do we make it work?
Is it even possible to imagine that many people on a single ship? If WW3 doesn't happen by 2050 and birth control isn't an option: we researched for you some interesting solutions in the making...
By 2050, the world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion from 7.9 billion in 2022. Each of them needs about 1.4 kilograms of food on average per day. Currently, we require 4 billion metric tons of food a year and that number is expected to reach 5.1 billion metric tons a year. Food scarcity will become an even larger problem than before, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa where water remains scarce.
The global food supply will also be under strain as food production is responsible for 26% of total greenhouse gases emission while laws are being passed to reduce the emission. Transportation of food to urban areas also proves a challenge as long-distance transportation makes food, (yes, vegan as well), carbon-heavy. Our mission at Atlas Capital is to search for alternatives and solutions that will increase food output and reduce food wastage while making food production and transportation more sustainable.
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