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Food shortages could force world into vegetarianism, warn scientists
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 21219873:MV8xOTY5OTcwXzMzMDY2ODIzXzE5RTcwMUFD] Hmm so America's obesity problem may finally be resolved by 2050? [/quote]
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Leading water scientists have issued one of the sternest warnings yet about global food supplies, saying that the world's population may have to switch almost completely to a vegetarian diet over the next 40 years to avoid catastrophic shortages.
Humans derive about 20% of their protein from animal-based products now, but this may need to drop to just 5% to feed the extra 2 billion people expected to be alive by 2050, according to research by some of the world's leading water scientists.
"There will not be enough water available on current croplands to produce food for the expected 9 billion population in 2050 if we follow current trends and changes towards diets common in western nations," the report by Malik Falkenmark and colleagues at the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) said
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