World population.

[Campani]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/health-46118103?__twitter_impression=true

It would appear fertility rates all over the world are dropping, particularly in western places like the uk.

I would say the current farm model is based on producing ever more food for ever more people....... how does farming survive in a world of decreasing population?

 

[Wastexprt]

There was a documentary on TV a few years ago that showed that major population growth is levelling towards a peak and will then decline. Not for a year or two yet mind.

I was quite surprised to discover that not only is the UK, and indeed European, population ageing, so is the rest of the worlds'.

 

[beardface]

Good too many of us anyway, if you look at how humans fit into natural ecology were essentially a parasite

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

There was a documentary on TV a few years ago that showed that major population growth is levelling towards a peak and will then decline. Not for a year or two yet mind.

I was quite surprised to discover that not only is the UK, and indeed European, population ageing, so is the rest of the worlds'.

I sat in a talk at the last Agritechnica, and the chap produced several pieces of demographic research that said the global population would peak around 2068 and from them on decline.

3rd world and BRIC developing population growth has levelled significantly and “advanced” western nations like our own have been effectively flat in terms of pop growth.

The problem for my children and grandchildren’s generation will now become one of a global ageing population, rather than overpopulation.

By the way we produce enough to feed all us, with quite a bit to spare. No issues there any time soon.

It’s just a great shame that we throw near half of it away!!!

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

Good too many of us anyway, if you look at how humans fit into natural ecology were essentially a parasite

Would you prefer more of us were eaten then?

Personally I’m quite happy with my position in the food chain / ecology thanks.

 

[Fallowfield]

Hopefully Attenborough will now stop his Malthusian moaning.

 

[Davey]

I think the bigger concern is that those that contribute to society are the ones that aren't reproducing where as those that don't can be a great grant parent by the time they are in their 40s with 5 kids, 20+ grand kids and 30+ great grand kids all without a job between them.

If people think paying for the care of an ageing society is going to be difficult, try doing it when you have 3 or 4 generations in a family who've never worked.

I know which end of society I'd rather my taxes went to support.

 

[Wastexprt]

Good too many of us anyway, if you look at how humans fit into natural ecology were essentially a parasite

Apart from cancer, we are the only organism that destroys it's own habitat

I think the bigger concern is that those that contribute to society are the ones that aren't reproducing where as those that don't can be a great grant parent by the time they are in their 40s with 5 kids, 20+ grand kids and 30+ great grand kids all without a job between them.

If people think paying for the care of an ageing society is going to be difficult, try doing it when you have 3 or 4 generations in a family who've never worked.

I know which end of society I'd rather my taxes went to support.

And with increasing levels of automation, things are going to get stretched.

 

[Still Farming]

Would you prefer more of us were eaten then?

Personally I’m quite happy with my position in the food chain / ecology thanks.

That's what all species think most probably!

 

[Gerbert]

Good too many of us anyway, if you look at how humans fit into natural ecology were essentially a parasite

If you think there's to much of us, you can lose one without hurting anyone else you know.

 

[Cowcalf]

no wonder look how many same sex relationships, for want of better wording

 

[bovrill]

Apart from cancer, we are the only organism that destroys it's own habitat.

There's loads of species that destroy their habitat and move on, and hopefully it's recovered by the time they come back.
Our difference is that there's too many of us to have anywhere to move on to now, and we're artificially preventing the next natural step of a population crash due to starvation and disease.

I've said on the forum several times that we ought to have a selective 99% population cull for the world to really prosper. But I still maintain my insistence on being one of the chosen 1%

 

[Still Farming]

All "classic" demographic veiws and arrangements along with food consumption changes and moves to plant and synthetic foods the Future's "brave"?

 

[Danllan]

Hopefully Attenborough will now stop his Malthusian moaning.

F*cking hell, we've found him! The only person in the world who doesn't like David Attenborough...

 

[czechmate]

Good too many of us anyway, if you look at how humans fit into natural ecology were essentially a parasite

I don’t think there is any necessity for the “essentially”

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

All "classic" demographic veiws and arrangements along with food consumption changes and moves to plant and synthetic foods the Future's "brave"?

What’s a classic demographic view?

 

[Still Farming]

What’s a classic demographic view?

Debatable these day?

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

Debatable these day?

What is debatable? Just want to know what you mean by “classic demographic” view.

Genuinely I don’t know what that is/means?

 

[icanshootwell]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/health-46118103?__twitter_impression=true

It would appear fertility rates all over the world are dropping, particularly in western places like the uk.

I would say the current farm model is based on producing ever more food for ever more people....... how does farming survive in a world of decreasing population?

The wrong people are breeding, sad but true.

 

[foobar]