Can insects really be future of food?

 

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 The last thing that comes to mind when you think of the critters is consuming them.

World population to hit 9.8 bln by 2050, despite nearly universal lower fertility rates, UN says

The United Nations said here Wednesday that the world population is expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030, and to hit 9.8 billion by 2050, despite nearly universal lower fertility rates.

Beijing acts on population growth

Beijing has made progress in cooperation with its neighbors and will act to restrict population growth.

FAO says climate change main challenge to meeting food needs as world population grows

Climate change is expected to be one of the main obstacles to feeding the world population, which is probably to top 10 billion by mid-century, according to a report on Wednesday from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Living on Locusts and Wild Honey: Swedes to Enjoy a Diet of Insects and Algae

With the world's population steadily on the rise, the Earth is reportedly heading towards its hardest food crisis in history. To combat the imminent food crisis, Swedish scientists advocate the consumption of algae and insects as a future source of protein. Remarkably, their fellow Swedes are not all averse to this weird diet.

Energy demand will rise 50 pct by 2030, UN official says

More fertile lands will be needed as the global demand for food, water and energy will increase with population growth, a senior official of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification has said.

Asians to become largest US immigrant group.

Asians will exceed Hispanic immigrants to become the largest immigrant group by 2055 and no racial or ethnic group will constitute a majority of the U.S. population by then, a new study said on Monday.

Tackling water-related challenges an ‘urgent task’ as world moves forward on Global Goals (UN deputy chief)

 UN, 27 September 2015 – United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson today urged swift action on the newly-adopted Global Goals directly related to the protection and equitable use of the planet’s precious water resources, as discussion continued at UN Headquarters on the post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda.

Τα 10 δισεκατομμύρια θα πλησιάσει ο παγκόσμιος πληθυσμός το 2050

 Ο σημερινός παγκόσμιος πληθυσμός των 7,3 δισεκατομμυρίων ανθρώπων αναμένεται να φθάσει τα 8,5 δισεκατομμύρια ως το 2030, τα 9,7 δισεκατομμύρια ως το 2050, και τα 11,2 δισεκατομμύρια το 2100, σύμφωνα με πρόσφατη έκθεση των Ηνωμένων Εθνών.

Climate change 'set to fuel global food crisis'

Global food shortages will become three times more likely as a result of climate change according to a report by a joint US-British taskforce, which warned that the international community needs to be ready to respond to potentially dramatic future rises in prices.

Can Insects Feed a Hungry Planet?

Earth’s population is ballooning every day, which increasingly presents a host of challenges, from housing to resource depletion to food.

The issue of feeding billions of people on a warming planet—along with related concerns such as food waste, water usage and greenhouse gas emissions—continues to be explored.

It has been widely established that factory farming contributes to climate change and even that eating less beef will benefit the environment. But what about eating … bugs. Bugs?

Securing crop biodiversity is key to feeding world’s growing population – UN study

30 January 2014 – Seeking to ensure that the world can feed a fast growing population, expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050, the United Nations today published voluntary international standards to improve conservation of the crops that are crucial to food security by preserving biodiversity in gene banks and in the field.
“As the world’s population grows and continues to face a wide range of climate, environmental and other challenges, maintaining a healthy variety of seeds and other plant genetic resources for the benefit of people in all countries will be essential to keeping agricultural and food systems sustainable and resilient, generation after generation,” UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Assistant Director-General Ren Wang said.

Les ressources de la Terre pour 2013 sont déjà épuisées.- Mardi 20 août

Selon le Fonds mondial pour la Nature (WWF), à compter de mardi, la population mondiale a consommé tout ce que notre planète est capable de renouveler en un an.....

"Nous entrons désormais en déficit écologique." Le Fonds mondial pour la Nature (WWF) indique, mardi 20 août, qu'à partir de ce jour la population mondiale a épuisé toutes les ressources naturelles que la Terre est capable de renouveler en un an. "Jusqu'à la fin de l'année, l'homme va répondre à ses besoins en épuisant des stocks des ressources naturelles et en accumulant des gaz à effet de serre dans l'atmosphère", explique l'organisation qui résume la situation avec cette phrase : "L'humanité vit au-dessus de ses moyens."