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The world population is increasing massively, and it is said that there has been an increase from 2.5 billion in 1950 to 6.1 billion in the year 2000. This means that the population of Earth has grown more than double in the past 50 years. It is expected that by the year 2050, the world population will be about 9.1 billion
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De, A., Bose, R., Kumar, A., Mozumdar, S. (2014). Introduction. In: Targeted Delivery of Pesticides Using Biodegradable Polymeric Nanoparticles. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1689-6_1
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