Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Yes, we discussed the issue of population on Monday and Tuesday. As Senator Norris himself has made the point, by 2050 the population of the world will have grown to approximately 9 billion people, which constitutes a tripling of the world population if one frames its within one's own lifetime. At a practical level and where the issue was relevant to our conference, it is estimated that it will require an increase of approximately 60% in agricultural production and food production to feed that population by 2050.