General Info
How Can We Feed Everybody?
The global population is expected to reach 8 billion by November 15, 2022, and this milestone in the world`s history highlights the significant improvements in public health that have led to longer lifespans and lower mortality rates. However, the growing population also presents challenges, including the need to increase food production – as everyone has to eat!
How Can We Feed Everybody?
The global population is expected to reach 8 billion by November 15, 2022, and this milestone in the world`s history highlights the significant improvements in public health that have led to longer lifespans and lower mortality rates. However, the growing population also presents challenges, including the need to increase food production – as everyone has to eat! Climate change and its effects on agriculture will also need to be addressed in order to achieve food security for the growing population and mycotoxin challenges in humid climates are already now a huge challenge to food and feed production.
Meeting all these challenges will require cooperation and support from the global community, as well as policies that invest in people and the planet, and prioritize reproductive rights and access to healthcare. According to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the world population will continue to increase for the next decades. In order to feed the immense world population by 2050, feed production must be 70 % more than today.
There is no Planet B!
Unfortunately, there is a limited capacity for agricultural lands in the world. If we want to increase production, we must increase the efficiency of livestock and agricultural production.
XVET´s highly motivated team tries to find ways to increase the Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) of livestock animals which will result in less needed feed to produce the same amount of meat, milk, or eggs.
To be able to see the efficiency of our products, we regularly conduct trials. We would like to share the latest broiler trial result that we received from our partner in Lithuania.
Sources:
Le Mouël, Chantal, and Agneta Forslund. “How can we feed the world in 2050? A review of the responses from global scenario studies.” European Review of Agricultural Economics 44.4 (2017): 541-591
Wise, Timothy A. “Can we feed the world in 2050.” A scoping paper to assess the evidence. Global Development and Environment Institute Working Paper 13-04 (2013).
| Goujon, Anne. “8 Billion and Then What?.” (2022): 16-17. |
FAO. 2018. The future of food and agriculture – Alternative pathways to 2050. Rome
Front Matter. (2009). Population and Development Review, 35(4). http://www.jstor.org/stable/25593681
