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At the end of October 2011, the world population will pass the 7 billion mark. This year’s annual report by UNFPA, the UN population fund, highlights the remarkable trends behind the numbers: roughly one in two people now lives in an urban area, the global average life span is 68 years, and close to a billion people are 60 and over. The report sees the possibilities in 7 billion – for fostering sustainable cities, productive labour forces, and generations young and old that contribute to the well-being of economies and societies.

For some time to come the poorer countries of the world will have to rely on agriculture to raise their living standards and supply the capital they need to create industries. Agricultural production must therefore be increased. This requires tractors, fertilizers, new and better seeds, vast irrigation schemes, land reforms.
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Caption Description Jimmy Carter (left), former US President and member of the group of Elders, answers questions of reporters during an interview with local and international journalists, as well as UN Television, on the mission of an international delegation known as the Elders travelling through Darfur for talks with tribal leaders in El Fasher, Sudan.

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NICA ID 158263

Production Date 10/03/2007 7:49:19 AM

Country Sudan

Credit UN Photo/Fred Noy

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