The FoodandAgricultureOrganisation of the UnitedNations is predictingthat by 2025, 1.8 billion people will beliving in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity.
For its part, in May the UnitedNationsFoodandAgricultureOrganisation (FAO) will present the results of a two-year project to promote the farming-for-consumption of some 2.000 edible insect species.
China produced 18, 560, 000 tonnes of garlic in 2010, accounting for about 80% of the world's output, according to the UnitedNations' FoodandAgricultureOrganisation.