{"id":9013,"date":"2011-01-27T12:04:09","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T19:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/?p=9013"},"modified":"2013-02-04T18:31:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T01:31:21","slug":"food-prices-to-rocket-50-global-hunger-epidemic-causes-riots-famines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/food-prices-to-rocket-50-global-hunger-epidemic-causes-riots-famines\/","title":{"rendered":"Food prices to rocket by 50% as global hunger epidemic causes riots and famines"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li> Perfect storm of issues will bring widespread starvation if nothing is done<\/li>\n<li> Food prices to rise by 50 per cent over the next decade<\/li>\n<li> GM crops will be needed to feed the world<\/li>\n<li> Global population to grow to 9 billion by 2050<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><strong>The cost of food will soar<\/strong> by 50 percent over the next few decades as the world becomes racked by famine, mass migrations and riots, experts have warned.<\/p>\n<p>The increase will be triggered by the exploding world population, rising cost of fuel and increased competition for water, according to a leading Government think-tank.<\/p>\n<p>Spiraling food prices will push hundreds of <strong>millions of people into hunger<\/strong>, trigger mass migration and spark civil unrest, the report warned.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9015\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/gmocrops.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9015\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9015\" title=\"gmocrops\" src=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/gmocrops-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"gmo crops\" width=\"468\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/gmocrops-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/gmocrops.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Food crisis: A leading Government think tank has warned scaremongering over GM farming is no longer acceptable<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And in the UK, the price of basics such as bread, rice and milk will spiral to inflation-busting record prices within the next few decades.<\/p>\n<p>The report, from Foresight, a think-tank set up to predict future crises, called for \u2018urgent action\u2019 to prevent food shortages, and said genetically modified crops may be needed to prevent famines.<\/p>\n<p>Even a \u2018modest\u2019 rise in food prices could push 100million people into hunger, the report warned.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9019\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/rising-food-costs-infographic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9019\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9019\" title=\"Rising Food Costs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/rising-food-costs-infographic.jpg\" alt=\"Rising Food Costs Infographic\" width=\"468\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/rising-food-costs-infographic.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/rising-food-costs-infographic-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> The world is facing a commodities crisis that could leave millions unable to afford the rising costs of food as population levels soar<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Global food prices<\/strong> are already at a record high. Last month the price of cereals, sugar and meat soared on the world\u2019s markets after a series of crop failures caused by bad weather.<\/p>\n<p>Foresight predicted that the world\u2019s population would rise from 6.9billion today to around 9billion by the middle of the century.<\/p>\n<p>As the world gets more crowded and more wealthy, demand for food, water and energy will soar.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, climate change will increase the risk of droughts, floods and crop failures \u2013 creating a \u2018perfect storm\u2019 of food shortages and above-inflation rises in prices.<\/p>\n<p>Co-author Prof Charles Godfray of Oxford University said: \u2018There is a very large risk of a quite substantial increase in prices over the next 30 or 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We are going to have to produce considerably more food. So, inescapably, we are going to have to produce more food from the same amount of land without wrecking the environment.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The report, written by 40 scientists in 35 countries, calls for a \u2018green revolution\u2019 to boost production using traditional, organic and genetically modified crops \u2013 designed to be resistant to drought or salt water \u2013 and better training for farmers in less well-off countries.<\/p>\n<p>It also called for a massive crackdown on food waste. A typical British household wastes \u00a3500 to \u00a3700 a year on food that they buy and then throw away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<br \/>\n<em><strong>MORE:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/food-prices-set-to-soar-as-trouble-hits-crops\/\">Food Prices Set to Soar as Trouble Hits Crops<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\" https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/7-reasons-food-shortages-will-become-a-global-crisis\/\">7 Reasons Food Shortages Will Become a Global Crisis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\" https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/australian-floods-raise-fears-of-wheat-shortage\/\">Australian Floods Raise Fears of Wheat Shortage<\/a><br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Sherman Robinson of Sussex University, one of the report\u2019s authors, said food prices could go up by 50 per cent over the next few decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The robust conclusion is that the long run decline in food prices is over,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>Professor John Beddington, the Government\u2019s chief scientific adviser, said the food system was failing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Firstly it is unsustainable, with resources being used faster than they can be naturally replenished,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Secondly a billion people are going hungry with another billion people suffering from \u201chidden hunger\u201d, whilst a billion people are over-consuming.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-1350009\/Food-prices-rocket-50-global-hunger-epidemic-causes-riots-famines.html\" class=\"broken_link\">SOURCE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perfect storm of issues will bring widespread starvation if nothing is done Food prices to rise by 50 per cent over the next decade GM crops will be needed to feed the world Global population to grow to 9 billion by 2050<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[393,195],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}