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Only nine crops account for two-thirds of global food output, finds FAO report -TV Jayan

-The Hindu Business Line

‘Switch to modern production systems has led to decline in use of farmers’ varieties and landraces’

As few as nine crops account for two-thirds of the global food output, and on-farm crop diversity has declined significantly over the decades as farmers have switched from traditional production systems that utilise farmers’ varieties and landraces to modern production systems depending on officially released varieties, shows a report on global biodiversity of food and agriculture, released on Friday.

Globally, there are approximately 3,82,000 species of vascular plants, of which a little over 6,000 have been cultivated for food. Of these, as of 2014, fewer than 200 species had significant production levels globally, with only nine (sugarcane, maize, rice, wheat, potatoes, soyabeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beet and cassava) accounting for over 66 per cent of all crop production by weight,” said the first-ever State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture report, released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

According to the report, which analysed country reports presented by 187 nations, the overall diversity present in farmers’ fields has declined and threats to diversity are increasing, even though the situation varies greatly depending on the country, location and type of production system.

“Although it is not possible to make definite statements about global trends, evidence suggests that overall, the diversity present in farmers’ fields has declined and that threats to diversity are getting stronger,” the report released in Rome said.

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