Report Warns Global Hunger is Imminent

Report Warns Global Hunger is Imminent
A two-year study organized by the UK government suggests that urgent action is required to prevent global hunger by the year 2050. Four hundred experts from 35 countries worked together to examine things such as farming, climate, and population. The world’s population is expected to grow to 8.3 billion people in the next 20 years. Science professor Sir John Beddington, the chief advisor in the study, says that in 20 years from now the world will need 40% more food, 30% more fresh water and 50% more energy. He said policy makers will need to address food production, climate change and water shortages as a whole rather than as separate problems. The report recommends that humans greatly reduce the consumption of foods that require a lot of energy to produce. Obesity and food waste are two of the major challenges that need to be tackled in industrialized countries. Currently about a billion people overeat, a billion people are hungry, and another billion are malnourished.

1. The main conclusion was that the food system needs to be addressed immediately in order to prevent global hunger by the year 2050.
2. Sir John Beddington is a science professor who was the chief advisor for the study.
3. About one billion people are currently suffering from starvation.