OUT OF FOOD IN 27YRS, 251 DAYS

SHORTAGES TO SMASH TREND FOR AVOCADOS Not enough grub to feed 10bn mouths

MIDDLE-class foodies and millennials should brace themselves for shortages of their beloved avocado. Supermarkets could be left scrambling for the green fruit, which is “smashed” on to sourdough bread worldwide. Strikes in Peru, from where the UK imports most of its avocados, are set to have an impact on our shelves. Cargo drivers have been protesting for weeks against soaring fuel costs, truck taxes and job losses.

A Mintec report said: “The protests have caused large pile-ups of vehicles, resulting in road closures and travel disruption on several highway routes. “Consequently, top food producers are struggling to transport perishable produce, including avocados and pomegranate, the top-produced commodities in Peru.”

Avocados, which are just entering peak season, are likely to become more expensive as a result.

The US briefly banned imports as drug cartels fought over the fruit, while demand from

China has soared recently.

THE world will run out of food in less than three decades, scientists warn.

They have launched a doomsday countdown and say we have exactly 27 years and 251 days left as of today.

Sociobiologist Edward Wilson explained we would need two planet Earths to feed the current need, adding: “There are limits to Earth’s capacity to feed humanity.

“Even if everyone on the planet agreed to become vegetarian, the world’s farmland could not support the need. The population will be too big to feed itself.

“By then, there will be almost 10billion people on the planet and the food demand will have increased by 70% compared to what we needed in 2017.

“The limit to how many people Earth can feed is set at 10billion at the absolute maximum. The constraints of the biosphere are fixed, there’s no wiggle room here.”

Experts say they have studied the timeframe of the Earth by comparing the current rate of “excessive” food consumption alongside the growing population and birth numbers yearon-year. The statistics show we need to produce more food in the next 40 years than has been produced in the last 8,000 years. Professor Julian Cribb said: “This is a global food crisis, I don’t think I see a way out of it. It is arriving faster than climate change. “Shortages of water, land and energy, with the increased demand from population and economic growth, will create a global food shortage around 2050. “World wars could become about food and water in years to come.”