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Can Agriculture feed the world?
 20-21 October 2011, Wageningen
From the present world population of 6 billion, 1 billion is underfed or suffering from hunger, in a world of plenty. To a large extent the hungry concerns people living in rural areas in developing countries. This implies a distribution and access problem. On top of that, it is expected that the world population will increase to more than 9 billion people by 2050. This implies that the increase of the production of food has a high priority. Read more >>
Themes: Innovation and technology | Economy and Society | Ecology and Ethics
Pictures: Lectures | Dinner/party | Posters/lunch | Closure
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