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Rosamond Naylor. (Mark Richards)  Rosamond Naylor on Feeding the
World  The economist discusses the stresses that climate change
and a greater world population will have on our food supply
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? The arable land area is
certainly not enough to meet those demands unless there are
major breakthroughs in terms of crop yields. Agriculture and
livestock are by far the largest water users in the world. We
could have water shortages in a lo