Sustainable agriculture will be critical to preventing global food shortages

The world has a unique opportunity to stem the tides of climate change, ensure future food security, protect biodiversity, and make healthier diets widely accessible, according to a new global report.

With the global population expected to increase by two billion in the next 26 years, food insecurity is a growing threat. Rising temperatures, droughts, severe floods, and wildfires linked to climate change pose a major risk to crop yields and agriculture land.

A new report conducted by the Food and Land Use Coalition calls for the transformation of food and land-use systems over the next ten years to help buffer against climate change and protect food security for the world’s population.

Transforming food and land use systems could generate new business opportunities worth $4.5 trillion a year by 2030 and a return worth 15 times more than the cost of the initial investment.

Diversifying food production, making healthy diets more accessible, eliminating deforestation and making agriculture more sustainable would go a long way in protecting the world’s vulnerable food supply.

The report is the first of its kind to examine how transforming food and land use systems would benefit food security and the environment.

Read full original article at earth.com