We can grow enough crops to feed all people on Earth
Historical technological innovations and agricultural expansions have successfully enabled global food production to outpace population growth, demonstrating that the world can produce enough crops to meet human dietary needs.
The retrieved literature (such as papers 7 and 11) confirms that agricultural innovations and expansions have historically succeeded in generating sufficient calories per capita to surpass population growth, supporting the capacity to grow enough crops to feed the Earth's population, provided environmental and distribution challenges are managed.
H Charles J Godfray, John R Beddington, Ian R Crute, Lawrence Haddad, David Lawrence, James F Muir, Jules Pretty, Sherman Robinson, Sandy M Thomas, Camilla Toulmin. Food security: the challenge of feeding 9 billion people.. 2010. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1185383
The world currently has the capacity to produce more food and ensure equitable and efficient distribution to meet rising global demand.
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Navin Ramankutty, Zia Mehrabi, Katharina Waha, Larissa Jarvis, Claire Kremen, Mario Herrero, Loren H Rieseberg. Trends in Global Agricultural Land Use: Implications for Environmental Health and Food Security.. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-arplant-042817-040256
Historical agricultural land expansion and technological advancements since the 1930s have successfully enabled higher per capita calorie production than ever before in history.
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