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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Unsustainable food & land use can cost us a lot in the future, says new report

Unsustainable food & land use can cost us a lot in the future, says new report

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-Press release by Food and Land Use Coalition dated 10 January 2020

India can ensure healthy diets for its growing population, improve livelihoods and plug waste by adopting better food and land use practices

New Delhi, January 10, 2020
– With a population projected to reach 1.5 billion people by 2030, and climate risks threatening food security, livelihoods, water supply and human health, India needs to urgently shift to sustainable food production and consumption to ensure nutritious diets for all. Today, the Food and Land Use (FOLU) platform formally launched in India to promote better food and land use practices that support healthy diets for a growing population, improve farmers’ livelihoods and the well-being of forests and farmland, and reduce food waste.
 
FOLU Launch
 
FOLU India is a joint initiative between the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and WRI India. This initiative will work towards developing long-term pathways for sustainable food and land use systems, and inform policy decisions.

India is home to 1.2 billion people (2011 census) and more than 17 percent of the world’s population. Nearly half of the nation’s population is undernourished and the country ranks 102 out of 119 countries in the 2019 Global Hunger Index. Climate change is adding further stress on the nation’s resources today with incidents like changing rainfall patterns, heatwaves, reduced availability of water and other crisis impacting food security, water supply, health, livelihoods and farm incomes. In an effort to alleviate these impacts, FOLU will study India’s potential to develop more resilient and long-term food and land use systems.

Unsustainable food and land use practices are threatening economies the world over. Growing Better: Ten Critical Transitions to Transform Food
and Land Use
, a landmark report released by the global FOLU coalition in September, revealed that the ways in which people produce and consume food and use land cost 12 trillion USD a year in hidden costs to the environment, human health and development. These costs are set to rise to 16 trillion USD by 2050 if current trends continue.

The report proposed a concrete reform agenda centered around ten critical transitions that stand to unlock 4.5 trillion USD in new business opportunities each year by 2030. At the same time, it will save costs of 5.7 trillion USD a year in damage to people and the planet by 2030, more than 15 times the investment cost of up to 350 billion a year.

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Press release by Food and Land Use Coalition dated 10 January 2020,


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