The Malthusian trap is defined as "A point at which the world is no longer able to meet the food requirements of the population, and starvation becomes the primary check to population growth." In other words, population will outpace food production.

Based on government policies (like China's one-child policy), the use of genetically engineered crops, social patterns of family size, and environmental factors, do you believe this trap has been or can be avoided for the next 100 years? Please provide source list.