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No politics I promise.
Today we face the daunting challenge of feeding nearly 8 billion people, and that number will grow to at least 11 billion by 2100. With already half of all the habitable land on Earth dedicated to agriculture, we're starting to run out of options. Could the Blue Revolution be our answer?
Learn more here: nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/TNC_EncourageCapital_TowardsABlueRevolution_FINAL.pdf
Follow me on twitter @theatlaspro
Support me on Patreon at patreon.com/atlaspro
References:
ourworldindata.org/global-land-for-agriculture#:~:text=Half%20of%20all%20habitable%20land,roads%20and%20other%20human%20infrastructure.
data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS
epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data
alimentarium.org/en/knowledge/history-aquaculture
scientificamerican.com/article/promise-of-the-blue-revolution-july-2007
nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/aquaculture
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23308249.2019.1678111?journalCode=brfs21
thefishsite.com/articles/the-fish-feed-story
ourworldindata.org/urbanization
https://public.wsu.edu/~dybdahl/lec10.html
epic.awi.de/id/eprint/37516/1/CC_PrimaryProduction.pdf
blog.resourcewatch.org/2019/05/30/map-of-the-month-how-many-people-work-in-agriculture/#:~:text=Globally%2C%20about%201%20billion%20people,down%20from%2044%25%20in%201991.
ers.usda.gov/data-products/ag-and-food-statistics-charting-the-essentials/ag-and-food-sectors-and-the-economy/#:~:text=Agriculture%20and%20its%20related%20industries,percent%20of%20total%20U.S.%20employment.&text=Employment%20in%20agriculture%2D%20and%20food,supported%20another%2019.6%20million%20jobs.
aquaneo-techna.com/en/productivity/experts/feed-conversion-ratio-farmed-fish
ourworldindata.org/employment-in-agriculture
https://www.salmar.no/en/offshore-fish-farming-a-new-era/
npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/09/18/761978683/the-battle-over-fish-farming-in-the-open-ocean-heats-up-as-epa-permit-looms
No politics I promise.
Today we face the daunting challenge of feeding nearly 8 billion people, and that number will grow to at least 11 billion by 2100. With already half of all the habitable land on Earth dedicated to agriculture, we're starting to run out of options. Could the Blue Revolution be our answer?
Learn more here: nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/TNC_EncourageCapital_TowardsABlueRevolution_FINAL.pdf
Follow me on twitter @theatlaspro
Support me on Patreon at patreon.com/atlaspro
References:
ourworldindata.org/global-land-for-agriculture#:~:text=Half%20of%20all%20habitable%20land,roads%20and%20other%20human%20infrastructure.
data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS
epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data
alimentarium.org/en/knowledge/history-aquaculture
scientificamerican.com/article/promise-of-the-blue-revolution-july-2007
nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/aquaculture
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23308249.2019.1678111?journalCode=brfs21
thefishsite.com/articles/the-fish-feed-story
ourworldindata.org/urbanization
https://public.wsu.edu/~dybdahl/lec10.html
epic.awi.de/id/eprint/37516/1/CC_PrimaryProduction.pdf
blog.resourcewatch.org/2019/05/30/map-of-the-month-how-many-people-work-in-agriculture/#:~:text=Globally%2C%20about%201%20billion%20people,down%20from%2044%25%20in%201991.
ers.usda.gov/data-products/ag-and-food-statistics-charting-the-essentials/ag-and-food-sectors-and-the-economy/#:~:text=Agriculture%20and%20its%20related%20industries,percent%20of%20total%20U.S.%20employment.&text=Employment%20in%20agriculture%2D%20and%20food,supported%20another%2019.6%20million%20jobs.
aquaneo-techna.com/en/productivity/experts/feed-conversion-ratio-farmed-fish
ourworldindata.org/employment-in-agriculture
https://www.salmar.no/en/offshore-fish-farming-a-new-era/
npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/09/18/761978683/the-battle-over-fish-farming-in-the-open-ocean-heats-up-as-epa-permit-looms
