India, Dec. 2 -- An FAO report warns that expanding farmland is no longer viable to meet future food demands.

Agriculture already using 72% of global freshwater and accounts for over 60% of degraded land.

Smarter, resource-efficient practices, resilient crops and integrated systems are needed to feed 10.3 billion people by 2085.

Agriculture must produce about 50 per cent more food, feed and fibre by 2050 compared with what was produced in 2012, to feed the growing population. But meeting this demand will add significant pressure to already strained natural resources, especially water, land, and soil, a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, warned.

Between 1964 and 2023, global agricultural pr...