Population Dynamics: More People! More food?

“Introduction to the theme”

Seminar Study Circle for Development Issues, 12-12-2018

Prof. dr. Hilde Bras, Global Comparative Demography, Wageningen University

Comparative Global

Demography

Enormous growth of the world population...

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Developing societies

● Urbanization: migration and natural increase ● Young populations; demographic dividend

Developed societies

● Shrinking populations and ageing ● Increasing diversity in household structures

Globally

● Climate change, declining biodiversity, environmental degradation, food insecurity, shifting labor & consumer markets

... and immense demographic changes

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What are the causes and consequences?

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• Lia Hemerik, “Population dynamics in a nutshell”

• Akin Akinyoade, “Population, health and development in West-Africa”

What are possible solutions?

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• Tom Schut, “Actual versus potential crop

production: How to close the yield gap in sub-

Saharan Africa?”

Thank you for your

attention!

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Hilde.Bras@wur.nl

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