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Jan 25, 2024 · , Paddy Hirsch. , Angel Carreras. 9-Minute Listen. Playlist. Enlarge this image. Helder Faria. In her new book, Our World In Data 's Head of Research Hannah Ritchie investigates how to meet the...
- Shifting Towards Regenerative Agriculture
- Cutting Food Miles by Growing Crops Locally
- Eating Less Meat
- Reducing Food Waste and Loss
For most of human history, agriculture consisted of sustenance farming – people cultivated crops and livestock to feed their households rather than to sell them for profit. This began to shift after the Industrial Revolution and emergence of market capitalism, which also saw the rise of plantation farming made possible by colonisation of overseas l...
Transportation is a key, if often overlooked, part of the food production chain. Crops are transported from farms to processing plants before the food products arrive in shops. Packaging and transportation of food is responsible for 11% of all food industry greenhouse gas emissions. The emissions are not only caused by petrol used by trucks, which ...
Shifting dietary habits is one of the most necessary solutions to the climate crisis, but it is also one of the most controversial and difficult to introduce. More than half of all carbon emissions from the food industry are due to production of meat and animal-based products. Beef production emits more than twice as much CO2 a kilo of food as othe...
An estimated third of all produced food is never eaten, according to the UN, with 14% of food lost between harvest and retail, and another 17% thrown out by shops, restaurants and consumers. Food “loss” rather than “waste” describes the food that never reaches consumers. This problem is more prevalent in low-income countries where farmers cannot af...
How to Feed the World Sustainably. Belinda Luscombe @luscombeland; Jan. 11, 2024. ... 735 million people technically are hungry, based on energy consumption. But energy is not the whole story ...
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Jun 2, 2020 · Feeding the world sustainably June 2, 2020 | Article Green technologies, biotech advances, and artificial intelligence could help tame agricultural emissions and waste, while safeguarding ocean resources.
Even if we increase agricultural output in 60 per cent by 2050, we will still have 300 million people going hungry due to lack of proper access to food. Access is central to hunger.
Apr 19, 2021 · PRESS RELEASE. UN calls for urgent action to feed the world’s growing population healthily, equitably and sustainably. New York, 19 April –The COVID-19 crisis has added between 83 and 132...
Jan 11, 2024 · January 11, 2024 7:41 AM EST. After 40 years fighting global hunger, Columbia University Professor Glenn Denning thinks he may have found a way to save the planet and feed everyone. But it’s not...
