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Global Business: Feeding the Nine Billion

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11/05/2013

Feeding the Nine Billion

BBC World Service - Global Business, Feeding the Nine Billion

Peter Day hosts a round table discussion examining the future of food production.

Peter Day asks a panel of experts how we ensure there is enough food to feed an expected world population of nine billion by 2050.

Global food prices have leapt in the past few years and there are fears that if the world’s population goes on growing, many more people will go hungry.  A terrible prospect, but is it true? And if so, what is to be done about it? Peter Day chairs a roundtable discussion with experts from around the world.

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