Is There Enough Food Out There For Nine Billion People?

By Bradford Plumer Sometime around 2050, there are going to be nine billion people roaming this planet—two billion more than there are today. It's a safe bet that all those folks will want to eat. And that's... an incredibly daunting prospect. Right now, an estimated one billion people go hungry each day. feeding nine billion people—and doing it in a sustainable fashion So add two billion more people, a limited supply of arable land, plus the fact that rising incomes will boost demand for meat and dairy products, plus the fact that many key natural resources (fisheries, say) are already being overexploited… and it's hard to see the situation getting better. And that's before we get into the fact that the planet's heating up, which is expected to wreak havoc on... http://www.tnr.com/print/blog/the-vine/there-enough-food-out-there-nine-billion-people