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A dearth of agriculture graduates is threatening food sustainability
2013-11-21 18:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The food industry needs a revolution to feed a growing population, and new generations of graduates are required Share Tweet this Email Food production will have to increase by 70% in the next 40 years to feed a growing world population. Photograph: Eric Gay/AP Agricultural evolution first occurred 10,000 years ago when plants were selected and grown as crops, and animals were domesticated. Further revolution of our food industry from mechanisation in the early 18th century right through to...
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