the population doubles every forty years how will we find food for this increase?

Answer 1

The 1968 book, "The Population Bomb" predicted things like hundreds of millions of people starving to death in the 1970s and 1980s and life expectancy in the U.S. dropping to 42 years by 1980 because of pesticide usage. We still see people claiming that pesticides are killing us, even though life expectancy is up, and since 1968 food production increased greatly while population growth is now slowing. So all these gloom and doom stories are not going to pan out I think.

Answer 2

Not true

World Population Growth

Year Population
1 200 million
1000 275 million
1500 450 million
1650 500 million
1750 700 million
1804 1 billion
1850 1.2 billion
1900 1.6 billion
1927 2 billion
1950 2.55 billion
1955 2.8 billion
1960 3 billion
1965 3.3 billion
1970 3.7 billion
1975 4 billion
1980 4.5 billion
1985 4.85 billion
1990 5.3 billion
1995 5.7 billion
1999 6 billion
2000 6.1 billion
2005 6.45 billion
2006 6.5 billion

Answer 3

Last year the average global population growth was 1.7%, that is probably less than 100% in 40 years, but basically you are right.
it is also clear that the average population growth rate is slowing down globally, and it is typically the more developed countries that show the lowest rates of growth, with some Countries in EuroAsia showing negative growth.
Practically it is possible to increase to food yield of the world very substantially, by using modern production methods, and biotechnology, for example, growing tomatoes in open fields, without the use of pesticides, yields an output of 40 tonnes per hectare, while growing tomatoes in modern green house, using the most advanced agricultural methods, yields 1200 tonnes per hectare, that is an increase factor of 30.
But the fact is that in the poor countries, where the largest the trend is towards utuilzation of more land, and destruction of natual habitats and rain forests, and land erosion follow close by.
The solution is education, educated people have less children, they earn more, the agriculture of countries with high levels of education is very efficient, and natural habitats are maintained.

Answer 4

Either we will have to find a new planet or we have to find out ways to reduce population growth.

In the developed nations it was noticed that as people became more educated and prosperous the growth slowed and sometimes shows negative trend.

Most increase is happening in third world countries amongst poor and illiterate people so if the example of developed nations is any indicator they will slow down as they progress.

Its dangerous too because too much population puts strain on existing resources and can lead to increase in crime,corruption. this is seen in countries like India,Pakistan,Bangladesh.

If the western nations are serious about saving this world they need to start working hard on population control measures in poor nations.

Answer 5

Have you ever heard of the Georgia
Guide Stones ?

There is de-population going on in the Sudan and other African nations and de-population going on in the Middle East. All the abortions around the world are de-population methods.
Aids was created as a de-population method to get rid of undesirables and Africans that are otherwise starving to death. Think about all this rationally and without emotion and all will become clear to you.

Answer 6

WelI I don't believe the doubling every forty years is accurate but the rate of population growth is increasing, simply because 6.3 billion people have more babies than 6 billion which has more babies than 5 billion etc.. To answer your question, we won't,
plain and simple and anyone who thinks we will is delusional and doesn't own a calculator.

Answer 7

We have the capacity to grow much more food than we do now. We could sustain a world population that is many times larger than the population that we have today.

As the population grows we will put more land into production for food production.

Answer 8

Well actually, we produce more than enough food for every person on Earth, yet thousands of people go hungry. The major issue is transportations. Though we have enough food to feed everyone, they do not receive it because of the expense to ship it.

Answer 9

We have to stop using valuable land for cattle. After all, we don't feed the poor with steaks, do we? We could stop alot of hunger worldwide if we would stop believing a healthy meal must include meat. Actually the opposite is true.

Answer 10

i think new homes should be built w/attached greenhouses (i feel w/doors right off the kitchen) large enough for a family to grow what they need (organically-Not chemically)and existing homes have greenhouses whenever possible. rely less or not at all on meat products (i am not a vegetarian but i think this plan would be helpful).