Consider Niger. Even the paltry amount of arable land remaining is threatened by desertification. The current population lives on the edge of famine. Yet by 2050 Niger's population is projected to more than triple in size - from 16 million to 58 million. If left unaided, many of the poorest countries, like Niger, face a Malthusian future. Only massive food aid could stave off this prospect.
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Peter Revers
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