From This Land
Most of the world’s 570 million farms are small and family-operated.
As producers of over 70% of the world’s food, they are critical to biodiversity and food security.
This matters because only 12 plants and five animal species make up 75% of the global diet, leaving our food systems vulnerable to natural disasters and disease.
Sharing better ways to grow food with such a large and diverse group of farmers is a big challenge.
It has to happen, however, because demand for agricultural crops is set to double as our planet’s population climbs to 9.1 billion by 2050.
A global shift is underway. Research and sustainable farming practices are changing futures.
In Cambodia, New Zealand taxpayers and plant scientists are lending a hand: working alongside farmers, advisors, not-for-profits, science institutes, designers and the business community.
Best-practice development is reuniting families, lifting incomes and improving the environment.
Writer Phil Johnstone
www.plantandfood.com/en-nz/from-this-land
Most of the world’s 570 million farms are small and family-operated.
As producers of over 70% of the world’s food, they are critical to biodiversity and food security.
This matters because only 12 plants and five animal species make up 75% of the global diet, leaving our food systems vulnerable to natural disasters and disease.
Sharing better ways to grow food with such a large and diverse group of farmers is a big challenge.
It has to happen, however, because demand for agricultural crops is set to double as our planet’s population climbs to 9.1 billion by 2050.
A global shift is underway. Research and sustainable farming practices are changing futures.
In Cambodia, New Zealand taxpayers and plant scientists are lending a hand: working alongside farmers, advisors, not-for-profits, science institutes, designers and the business community.
Best-practice development is reuniting families, lifting incomes and improving the environment.
Writer Phil Johnstone
www.plantandfood.com/en-nz/from-this-land
Installation view, Studio One Toi Tu, Auckland
Exhibitions
From This Land, International Conference on Urban Health 2025, Wellington
From This Land, New Zealand Parliament, Wellington
From This Land, World Expo 2020: New Zealand Pavilion, Dubai
From This Land, Studio One Toi Tu, Auckland
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