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
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
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