Looking ahead to 2050, the world's poorest countries will need $44 billion a year in development assistance if all the world's people are to have enough food. That's according to a story in today's Time Magazine by reporter Ariel David.

David was reporting on a two-day conference of ag experts meeting in R

ome as part of the U.N.'s continuing effort to stay abreast of the changing needs of a

growing world population.

Currently, the amount of development assistance aimed at increasing food production is $7.9 billion, according to the report. World population is expected to rise from the current 6.7 billion people to 9.5 billion by 2050, and the FAO sees a need for a 70 percent increase in food production.

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