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Global malnutrition could fall 84 percent by the year 2050 as incomes in developing countries grow – but only if agricultural productivity continues to improve and climate change does not severely damage agriculture, Purdue University researchers say.
Bukar Usman (D.V.M., M.V.S.c)‘s insight:
“Up to 2050, there could be some pluses for agriculture,” he said. “But in the longer run, adverse temperatures will likely become overwhelming, and rising carbon dioxide concentrations won’t help after a certain point. Eventually, you drop off a cliff.”
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-05-global-malnutrition-agricultural-productivity-climate.html#jCp
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Dr. Bukar Ali USMAN, mni 