IFPRI Study Links Population and Food Security

A December report from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) makes clear that there is a close linkage between food security and population growth.  The report looked at a range of U.N. population projections and their impact on food security. The report, Food Security, Farming, and Climate Change:  Scenarios, Results, and Policy Options found that “real agricultural prices will likely increase between now and 2050, the result of growing incomes and population as well as the negative productivity effects of climate change.”  The report suggested that slowing population growth would help to improve food security and moderate future food inflation.

http://blog.populationinstitute.org/2010/12/08/food-the-population-connection/