Fungal flood: Increasing disease, aided by climate change, risk to global food security
Practising monoculture in modern agriculture provides ideal grounds for fungi
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Practising monoculture in modern agriculture provides ideal grounds for fungi
Key drivers of this crisis were economic shocks, conflicts & climate extremes
Vietnam, Global Conference, Food Systems, S. Mogesh, SFS Programme
Experts called the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit a watershed moment in drawing attention to corporate influence over public food governance
HANOI, Apr 20 (IPS) - This month Nature spotlighted three insightful new studies chronicling food-related challenges from a global perspective. One presented worrisome new data on the global rise in the prevalence of diabetes, high blood pressure and liver disease, all linked to obesity. Another presented a new assessment revealing that half of the greenhouse emissions generated by food systems globally are caused by food waste. Finally, the third study found that food consumption could add “nearly 1 degree Celsius to warming by 2100,” with most of that attributed to global methane emiss...