World’s population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, and the demand for food is projected to increase by 70% by the same date. this has had a significant impact on the global food system, which is responsible for a range of environmental issues. the agricultural sector is the largest user of freshwater resources, using around 70% of the world’s freshwater resources. it is also responsible for 80% of deforestation, 50% of biodiversity loss, 80% of global nutrient pollution, 40% of global land degradation, 60% of global water pollution, 70% of global acidification, 15% of global ozone depletion, 70% of global soil erosion, 90% of global fish stock depletion, and 50% of global marine pollution.
Issues have been caused by the rapid increase in the world’s population, which is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. this demand for food is projected to increase by 70% by 2050, resulting in the global food system being responsible for a range of environmental issues. these issues have been occurring globally, with the agricultural sector being the largest user of freshwater resources and responsible for a range of environmental issues.
Environmental issues caused by the global food system have occurred due to the rapid increase in the world’s population and the demand for food. this has resulted in the agricultural sector being the largest user of freshwater resources, and responsible for a range of environmental issues. these issues have been caused by the global food system, which has resulted in deforestation, biodiversity loss, nutrient pollution, land degradation, water pollution, acidification, ozone depletion, soil erosion, fish stock depletion, and marine pollution.
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