World must transform food production or face unrest, scientists warn

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ROME (REUTERS) - The world must diversify its food production and consumption, or face damaging supply disruptions that could lead to suffering and social unrest, scientists warned on Monday (Sept 16).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

ROME - The world must diversify its food production and consumption, or face damaging supply disruptions that could lead to suffering and social unrest, scientists warned on Monday .

"That creates suffering and social unrest. And it will highly likely also lead to hunger and instability," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The panel said the report was the first of its kind to assess the benefits of transforming global food systems as well as the cost of inaction. In Costa Rica, for example, the government has reversed deforestation by eliminating cattle subsidies and introducing payments to farmers who manage their land sustainably.

 

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