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USDA estimates food demand for global population growth

06/26/24 6:15 AM By Jake Zajkowski
KEYWORDS crop calories ERS food supply global food system nutritional value population Ron Sands scenarios USDA
World agricultural production will need to increase 47% to 61% by 2050 from a 2011 baseline, depending on the rate of global population growth, USDA economists say.
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Jake Zajkowski
Agri-Pulse Intern

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