From farm to fork - key challenges for global food systems - Federated Hermes

In the first of a new EOS Insights series looking at the social and environmental impacts of global food systems and how companies can move to more sustainable practices, Nick Spooner sets the scene by highlighting some of the key issues and challenges.

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... Fast reading:
  • Agriculture and land use account for around 26% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Cattle ranching is the largest contributor to tropical deforestation.
  • Unsanitary conditions common in industrialised animal farming allow diseases to multiply and mutate.

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