By 2050, the planet will need at least 70 percent more food than it does today as population soars, cities sprawl and climate change takes its toll. Will it be possible?
That's a question AlertNet, the global humanitarian news service run by Thomson Reuters Foundation, put to experts the world over for a special multimedia report probing the future of food.
The answer: The planet can feed itself – but only with the help of myriad "green bullets" designed to change the way food is planted, watered, harvested, stored, transported, owned and shared.
For the full package, including stories, interviews, videos, info-graphics and commentary, visit http://hungryworld.trust.org.
From the slums of Nairobi and the ghettoes of New York to Philippines paddy fields and the fields of India's Andhra Pradesh, we take you to the frontlines of innovation.
You'll learn about "sack gardens" in cities and hydroponic pods on skyscrapers; mobile-phone drought warnings and pest-proof grain silos; new varieties of "super grains" that can resist drought and inundation, often in the same season; steps to give rural women title to their land…
The AlertNet package of stories, videos, photos and animations divides solutions into four broad categories: smarter food, different food, urban food and fairer food.
We also ask:
- How will the face of hunger change over the next 50 years?
- What would a 21st-century "Green Revolution" look like?
- Can Africa, the last frontier of arable land, help feed the world?
- Can we trust the official statistics on hunger?How can the global food aid system be improved?
- Who are the trailblazers in the fight against hunger?
For the full package, including stories, interviews, videos, info-graphics and commentary, visit http://hungryworld.trust.org.
--------------------------------
All news, graphics and videos from this package can be used and downloaded for free if credited to AlertNet, a humanitarian news service run by Thomson Reuters Foundation, and linked back to our site www.trust.org/alertnet
Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
