New WRI Insights article: “A recent analysis shows that only 37% of the harvested area of major #crops are used for direct #food #consumption — that is, crops used for foods that are produced and consumed domestically.”
How to feed more people with less #cropland?
- Prioritize food for people (relax biofuel mandates & targets)
- Reduce #FoodWaste
- Shift high-#meat diets toward plant-based foods
- Boost #productivity & #resilience of crops important to #FoodSecurity
https://www.wri.org/insights/crop-expansion-food-security-trends
The World Is Growing More Crops — but Not for Food
More than 750 million people faced hunger in 2021,…
World Resources Institute