Opinion: How to transform food systems to feed the world and prevent mass extinctions

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.creator.identifierShenggen Fan: 0000-0002-2658-4863
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Director General's Office
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.identifier.urlhttp://news.trust.org/item/20190510132122-9zf5r/en
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorFan, Shenggenen
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:04:35Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:04:35Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/145507
dc.titleOpinion: How to transform food systems to feed the world and prevent mass extinctionsen
dcterms.abstractFood systems are comprised of the many elements that add up to the ways people get their food – the farms where food is produced, the businesses that process food into products, the markets and restaurants where it is sold and consumed, the policies that shape every step of the process, and much more. While the world has been able to supply more food, energy, and materials to people in most places, this continues to take a toll on the ability to do so in the future. Nature is crucial for food, feed, energy, medicines, and other materials central for human well-being, yet food systems contribute up to 29 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions and continue to overuse scarce natural resources, contributing to the loss of biodiversity and animal and plant species. Without urgent action, we will not achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, or global climate goals. Taking a food systems approach to ensure human and planetary health at all stages along the food value chain will be critical. Several areas can be prioritized for policy action.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationFan, Shenggen. 2019. Opinion: How to transform food systems to feed the world and prevent mass extinctions. Thomson Reuters News. Published online on May 11, 2019. http://news.trust.org/item/20190510132122-9zf5r/en
dcterms.isPartOfThomson Reuters Newsen
dcterms.issued2019-05-13
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/6657en
dcterms.subjectbiodiversityen
dcterms.subjectnatural resourcesen
dcterms.subjecthealth foodsen
dcterms.subjectagricultural technologyen
dcterms.subjectenvironmenten
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen
dcterms.subjectsustainable agricultureen
dcterms.typeOpinion Piece

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