Globalisation continues to touch almost every aspect of life in the modern world and this includes the food on our table. Over the last 50 years, our diets around the world have become more homogeneous, while the diversity of food supply has decreased, which could mean that the world's crops will be increasingly vulnerable to climate change and other dangers, according to a new report.
What is new, according to the report by co-author Andy Jarvis, in a press release under the section, the scale of the risk, and the stakes involved, they stated that, as the global population continues to grow, the need to feed additional billions expands along with it. "International agencies have hammered away in recent years with the message that agriculture must produce more food for over 9 billion people by 2050,"
If crop failures is to occur with very few dominant crops, the effect could be disastrous in a much more populated world, Khoury said.
"I have an analogy I like to use about transport systems. Here where I live in Cali, Colombia, people take these microbuses to work, and there's 20-30 people on a bus, and if any of those buses breaks down, it affects that many people," he said.
"But if you have a system like the Tokyo metro, where you're transporting millions of people a day and its efficient and fast and people believe in it and its working, if you have a breakdown in that system, it also affects a lot more people," he said.
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