It is a fact that more than one billion people worldwide are starving. The climate is changing all over the globe with alarming consequences for millions of poor people especially in developing countries and, above all, in countries on the African continent. The number of people on the planet will increase from approximately 6 billion today to over 9 billion in 2050, which will put enormous pressure on the resources at our disposal.

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