World on the brink of a potential wheat crop crisis
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wheat-rust-the-fungal-disease-that-threatens-to-destroy-the-world-crop-9271485.html
Deadly fungus spreading around the world ruining wheat crops.Scientists desperately trying to counteract it.
Deadly fungus spreading around the world ruining wheat crops.Scientists desperately trying to counteract it.
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Indeed.How nutritionally neccesary is wheat if the worst happens?
Rice, maize and wheat provide 60% of the world's food. Wheat is the staple food for 35% of the world's population.
I was reading the other day that according to the United Nations 50% more food will be needed by 2030. This is due to population growth and developing countries becoming more affluent over the next 15 years. It will be interesting to see how they manage to achieve that if the wheat crop fails.
And worrying too.
All those crops going to feed animals, in a less than efficient process.
Beer uses barley doesn't it?
And failing that, you can drink cider lol.
"there is no climate change. there is no climate change. there ........."
if you plant a hen in the ground, they don't like it..:p
It might fly away if I let it roam free!
Gluten free, I'm guessing?
Flour less chocolate is always a good choice
Aren't there also fungal threats to the Cacao tree? Even bananas ain't safe.
We'll soon be eating Soylent Green at this rate .
Oh, hang on, someone is working on that, though the ingredients list is somewhat different from the original...
https://campaign.soylent.me/soylent-free-your-body
Their working on that now but nothings guaranteed.Perhaps this strain will prove very difficult to beat.
They just need to splice in some Chuck Norris genes. That fungus won't stand a chance and the fibre content will double as a bonus.
Yeah, the Chuck Norris meme will never die, just like Chuck Norris.
Um, he is still alive, right?