食物 systems heavily rely on five key commodities (wheat, 大米, 玉米, 土豆, 和大豆), with the global calorie production concentrated around a limited set of commodity crops grown using intensive methods in a small number of breadbasket regions.
Intensive crop production of 玉米, 大米 and wheat has almost doubled over the past 50 years. 今天, these three commodities are the single biggest food products in the human diet, 估计有42人.5% of the world’s calories supply. It is much higher in developing countries, e.g., in many parts of Asia 大米 alone can provide up to 80% of caloric intake.
的 lack of diversity in staple crop production and consumption drives a number of negative health, social and environmental impacts around the world and jeopardizes our capacity, especially during the current climate crisis, to provide healthy and sustainable diets to 9 billion people by 2050, 在地球范围内.
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的 主要作物多样化 paper outlines the appropriateness and feasibility of diversifying food value chains from the big five crops that dominate them today, 意思是小麦, 大米, 玉米(又称玉米), soy and 土豆 (referring broadly to any roots/tubers).
New business models are needed to ensure that diversity in staple crops across the value chain stages emerges to safeguard their resilience and economic viability in the medium and long terms, while also potentially delivering better nutrition. A comprehensive and coordinated approach to diversifying staple crops that mixes consumption, 转换, 贸易 and production levers has the best chance of succeeding.
的 paper will form the foundation of a dialogue with companies aimed at identifying solutions for such diversification at production, 贸易, 采购, product design and consumption levels, creating new markets and business opportunities that can align with and contribute to the UN Sustainable 发展 Goals (SDGs) and to achieving the Paris 气候 Agreement.
主要结论:
在本文中, we uncover the challenges and opportunities of diversifying production, 采购, manufacturing and consumption to go beyond the traditional big five crops and to help inform decision-making in companies and other key stakeholder groups.
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