Can we grow enough food to feed the world in 2050?

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Feeding the world’s population in a sustainable way will be an enormous challenge in the coming decades. Some estimates suggest food production will need to increase by 60 percent by 2050. Plant scientist Prof Dale Sanders, director of the John Innes Centre in the UK, gives his view on whether this is possible. (Image: Workers on a maize farm, Credit: Getty Images.)