Population growth and a global food crisis. Is there a plan?

From Just Have a Think.

Recent research shows that yields of our most important cereal crop – maize – could be down by as much as 24% by mid-century, by which time the human population will have grown by 2 BILLION people. That’s a lot of extra mouths to feed with fewer and fewer available resources. So, how are we going to do it?

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Reference Links

DON’T PANIC – Hans Rosling showing facts about population

The Guardian – How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/dec/18/how-climate-breakdown-is-putting-the-worlds-food-in-peril-in-maps-and-charts

Our World in Data – Fertility Rate map
https://ourworldindata.org/fertility-rate

Cellular Agriculture and Precision Fermentation Food Makers

Simple Food Ventures

Bored Cow

Perfect Day

Home-Slider

Bel

Bel innovates and launches its first range of cheese alternatives containing animal-free dairy proteins, in partnership with Perfect Day

Those Vegan Cowboys

Home

Imagindairy

Homepage

Standing Ovation
https://standing-ovation.co/en/technologie

New Culture
https://www.newculture.com/

ReMilk
https://www.remilk.com/
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Visual Capitalist – Fertility Rate infographic

Charted: Sinking Fertility Rates in the World’s 10 Largest Countries

RethinkX – Rethinking Climate Change (2021)
https://tonyseba.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/RethinkX-Retinking-Climate-Change.pdf

Worldometer – global population clock
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

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Our Changing Climate :
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