Israel may suffer shortage of staple foods in the next two decades

In the coming decades experts predict difficulties in the ability to produce food due to processes such as world population growth and climate change.

By Zafrir Rinat

Israel must prepare for a possible shortage of staple foods in the next two decades and consider replacing current agricultural crops with wheat, say experts who will speak this week at the Agro Mashov 2011 agriculture exhibition.

The world food crisis will be the main focus; agriculture ministers from countries such as Israel, Brazil and Russia will take part in the event at the Tel Aviv Trade Fair and Convention Center.

There is currently enough food to feed the earth's population, but it is difficult to distribute it in an egalitarian way amid the rise in prices, says Prof. Haim Rabinovich of Hebrew University's Agriculture Faculty in Rehovot.

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