feed+the+world.pptVIP

* In 1994, Professor Pimentel of Cornell University warned of the following problems in providing enough food for the world’s growing population: By 2100 the population will be 12-15 billion, or seven times its sustainable(足可支撑的,) level. Farmers are abandoning (遗弃) 25 million acres (英亩) each year because of soil loss or water logging(水浸). The declining(衰退中的) fertility(肥沃) of the soil will lower food production by 20% in the next 25 years. Topsoil(表层土) is being lost 40 times faster than it can be replaced. Crop losses destroyed by pests have increased four tim