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Our global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss A new Chatham House report highlights that the global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss.  Biodiversity loss will continue to accelerate, unless we change the way we produce food. Further destruction of ecosystems and habitats will threaten our ability to sustain human populations.  The new report calls for an urgent reform of food systems, suggesting three interdependent actions: changing global dietary patterns, protecting and setting aside land for nature, and farming in a more nature-friendly...

© AdobeStock/Ascannio A focus on productivity growth and cheap food are no longer tenable in the face of climate change, biodiversity loss and poor diets, the UK’s global food security champion has warned. Tim Benton, professor of population ecology at the University of Leeds and research director at the Chatham House think-tank, explored some of the future directions for UK agriculture and the supply chain as he delivered the Science Lecture at the Oxford Farming Conference on Thursday (7 January). He said the challenge facing agriculture was how to feed a growin...

John Munson/Cornell University Chris Barrett led a one-year group effort to create a road map for global agricultural and food systems innovation, reform and sustainability. Barrett describes the report, funded by Cornell Atkinson, that was published Dec. 10 in Nature Sustainability. Cornell-led panel releases report on agri-food innovation December 10, 2020 To deflect future world food crises created by climate change and growing consumer demand, a Cornell-led international team of economists, scientists and business experts has created a road map for global agricultural and food...