The text defines the Malthusian trap 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.

Yes, in other words, population will definitely outpace food production. This could take years to reach  or it could possibly take decades to be able to manifest except if some events happens with will help to reset the population and food balance. Example of such event could be global war, massive famine or a global pestilence which all would help in wiping out great number of the population.

Explanation:

The Malthusian Trap is the theory that, as population growth is ahead of agricultural growth, there must be a stage at which the food supply is inadequate for feeding the population.

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