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Results of 50-year study suggest changing food patterns will lead to rise in obesity and global food insecurity

CGIAR Climate's insight:
The world food supply has grown increasingly dependent on a shrinking list of crops, such as wheat and maize, in the past 50 years with major consequences for human nutrition and global food security, according to a new study.

The report from the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Colombia documents for the first time what experts have long suspected: over the last five decades, human diets around the world have grown more homogeneous and are showing no signs of slowing.

Andy Jarvis based at CIAT and co-author of the report is also leading CCAFS theme 1, Adoptation to progressive climate change.