Fivash Media Group Brave New Trends for the World of 2000 and Beyond Those who look ahead will be able to position their companies to harness the trends they see. Washington CEO Inc. As we get used to a new year with lots of zeros, the media are filled with stories about the new millennium. In the months ahead we too will look at key global trends and their impacts on business. Today we give brief summaries of several. The United Nations projects the world's population eventually will stabilize in the late 22nd century at 10 billion.
Food production has more than kept up with the population growth.
For five decades, global food output has grown 0.5 percent per capita per year due to better seeds, fertilizers, and farming techniques. We stand at the cusp of a biotechnology revolution in agriculture that promises to reduce further the number of those without enough food. There are now 750 million people in developing countries who are undernourished, about 18 percent of their populations. This compares with 941 million, or 36 percent, just three decades ago. Progress has been made, but a single hungry child is one too many.