Cropland

Existing cropland could feed 4 billion more

An abundant supply of food for a hungry world, hidden in plain sight

August 5, 2013

In many areas (lighter areas), crops used for non-food uses (biofuels, other) were not delivered to the food system. Credit: Emily S Cassidy et al./Environmental Research Letters

Reallocating croplands away from fuels and animal feed could boost food available for people by 70 percent without clearing more land, new research from the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota researchshows/.../