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OXFAM morphs into a Paul Ehrlich clone: Claims world faces mass starvation
ReplyDeleteMass starvation! This is exactly what Oxfam warns us in their new report, “Growing a Better Future in a Resource Constrained World”.
Oxfam’s future scenario of doom is a practical throwback to the 70s when Paul Ehrlich captured media headlines with his book Population Bomb where he warned of mass starvation deaths. Here’s an extract of the book:
“Population will inevitably and completely outstrip whatever small increases in food supplies we make....The death rate will increase until at least 100-200 million people per year will be starving to death during the next ten years.”
Has Oxfam caught the Ehrlich bug?
Read more: http://devconsultancygroup.blogspot.com/2011/06/oxfam-morphs-into-paul-ehrlich-clone.html
The GROW report is not a scenario of doom. The report shows why change to our current food system is necessary. People living in poverty who are the most likely to suffer when food prices rise, yields are low, or extreme weather/natural disasters hit in their area need more resources in order to survive today. True, that hasn't changed since the 1970s. But population numbers won't matter if we have a sustainable, organic, small scale farm agricultural plan. With the right food system in place, no one will go hungry.
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