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Famine

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Food

Russia's War in Ukraine Threatens Starvation for the World's Poor

Global hunger declined for decades before pandemic policies and Russia’s invasion broke the world.

J.D. Tuccille | 2.20.2023 7:00 AM

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Panic

No, the World Is Not Heading Toward 'Mass Extinction'

Despite an apocalyptic media narrative, the modern era has brought much longer lives and the greatest decline in poverty ever.

John Stossel | 1.25.2023 12:30 AM

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Biotechnology

A New Green Revolution Is in the Offing

Thanks to some amazing recent crop biotech breakthroughs

Ronald Bailey | 8.10.2022 5:00 PM

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Famine

World Food Supplies Are Enough To Feed Everyone

But despotic brutality is once again pushing millions to the brink of starvation.

Ronald Bailey | 6.17.2022 4:30 PM

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Ukraine

Maintaining Biofuel Mandates Worsens Global Food Crisis Caused By Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

Turning food into fuel has always been a dubious proposition.

Ronald Bailey | 3.28.2022 3:35 PM

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Price controls

Food Costs Likely To Rise as Farmers' Expenses Shoot Up

Bad policy and unpredictable nature are sending food prices through the roof.

J.D. Tuccille | 1.3.2022 8:30 AM

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Biotechnology

Adding Human Gene Boosts Crop Yields by 50 Percent

The technique "could potentially help address problems of poverty and food insecurity at a global scale."

Ronald Bailey | 7.29.2021 11:35 AM

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Human Progress

Impending Defeat for the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Pestilence, war, famine, and death are all on the decline.

Ronald Bailey | 8.3.2019 6:00 AM

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Biotechnology

Despite Climate Change, There Will Be Enough Food for 10 Billion in 2050

Food security is not the problem, but nutrition security could be.

Ronald Bailey | 1.3.2019 2:50 PM

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Paul Ehrlich

Civilization Is Doomed, Says Stanford Biologist Paul Ehrlich (Again)

Half a century after The Population Bomb, Ehrlich still thinks global catastrophe is just around the corner.

Ronald Bailey | 3.22.2018 3:25 PM

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Famine

What Global Food Crisis?: Ronald Bailey's Wall Street Journal Review of The Reproach of Hunger

Neo-Malthusians still get it wrong: Markets and science will feed 9 billion if not blocked.

Ronald Bailey | 10.19.2015 11:19 AM

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Overpopulation

Malthus Redux: Losing the Race to Feed the World?

Review of The End of Plenty

Ronald Bailey | 7.24.2015 1:30 PM

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Rice

More Efficient Photosynthesis Transferred From Corn Into Rice: Could Boost Yields 50 Percent

Malthusian doomsters foiled again.

Ronald Bailey | 3.4.2015 12:03 PM

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Science & Technology

Famine No More: The World of Plenty Lies Ahead

The prophets of overpopulation doom and imminent global famine will likely once again be disappointed.

Ronald Bailey | 7.18.2014 1:30 PM

Zimbabwe

Government-Made Famine in Zimbabwe Threatens 2.2 Million

Ronald Bailey | 1.6.2014 2:22 PM

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