Who’s responsible for the environmental impact of what we eat?

Who’s responsible for the environmental impact of what we eat?

The ever-increasing demand for agricultural products is leading to significant social and environmental consequences worldwide. The expansion of international trade has created global supply chains, directly linking consumers to geographically-distant impacts, including carbon emissions, biodiversity loss, freshwater depletion, soil degradation and labour-rights issues – all of which have local, regional, and global relevance. Due to […]

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Food production to dip, hunger to rise in India due to climate change, says report

Food production to dip, hunger to rise in India due to climate change, says report

India’s food production could drop 16% and the number of those at risk for hunger could increase 23% by 2030 due to climate change, says a report by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on climate change and food systems. These projections are part of a model that was used to evaluate the impact […]

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