AGRI 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sub-Saharan Africa, One Health, Human Behavior

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Agriculture
• Course: AGRI 224
• Professor: Aresenault

Document Summary

Meat and milk demand is growing faster than the population. The more educated women are, the lower the fertility rate. Diets of asia are changing - increasing their amount of animal protein consumed, w increasing the demand worldwide. We will require 69% increase in calories to feed 9. 6 billion people by 2050. We have enough food right now to feed the entire world the recommended calories if we evenly distribution and have no waste. Today, we don"t have enough to feed the population that will exist in 2050. 37% of the earth"s landmass goes to agriculture. 70% of the world"s water goes to agriculture. With climate change, water stress is going to increase. Most of the world is going to be water stressed - less water, more heat. 10% of the gasoline you put in your car is from corn.