Rosamond Naylor directs the Program on Food Security and the Environment at Stanford University. An economist by training, she studies the world food economy and sustainable agriculture. Though she says she is deeply worried about climate change and population growth, she described herself as “optimistic” in a conversation with Smithsonian’s Amanda Bensen.
By 2050, there will be an estimated nine billion people in the world. Do we have the land and water to feed them?
Read Naylor's response, and the rest of our conversation, in the 40th-anniversary special issue of Smithsonian. I also wrote this sidebar about new and under-utilized traditional crops that could help feed the hungry in the future.
