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What if there is no one to farm? Scientists reveal a hidden risk to future food security

The cause of future food shortages may not be a lack of farmland, but a shortage of agricultural workers. Amid low birth rates and rural decline, a joint international research team from KAIST has developed a new data-driven model that incorporates the decline in the agricultural workforce into anal...

What if there is no one to farm? Scientists reveal a hidden risk to future food security
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The cause of future food shortages may not be a lack of farmland, but a shortage of agricultural workers. Amid low birth rates and rural decline, a joint international research team from KAIST has developed a new data-driven model that incorporates the decline in the agricultural workforce into analysis of future food security (the ability to stably produce and supply food required by the public).

Originally published at Phys.org

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