Overall demand for agricultural products (including food, feed, fibre and biofuels) is expected to increase by 1.1% per year from 2005/07 to 2050, down from 2.2% per year in the previous four decades (Alexandratos and Bruinsma 2012). As the population grows and more countries and population groups attain per capita food consumption with little scope for major increases, global food demand will grow at much lower rates. For a long time to come, some countries might have difficulty increasing food consumption due to low incomes and significant poverty.