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Globalised diet: more food, less diversity, heighten risks to nutrition

CGIAR Climate's insight:
''International agencies have hammered away in recent years with the message that agriculture must produce more food for over 9 billion people by 2050,'' says co-author Andy Jarvis, director of policy research at CIAT and leader for climate change adaptation with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), which CIAT leads.

''Just as important is the message that we need a more diverse global food system. This is the best way, not only to combat hunger, malnutrition, and over-nutrition, but also to protect global food supplies against the impacts of global climate change.''