BSR Insight | Finding Consensus on a Sustainable Food and Agriculture System
Today, food production faces resource limitations, such as water and land, combined with a need for increased production, as our population expands and diets become more resource-intensive. Food waste--at an estimated loss of 30 to 40 percent along the entire value chain--and the paradox of a world in which equal numbers of people are malnourished and overweight are only exacerbating these issues. A new UN study calls for a paradigm shift and lays out various paths for action, highlighting the key role companies can play. Among the critical paths are:
- Approaches to production that focus on access to nutrition, rather than simply more food
- Solutions that balance the need for high yields with a healthy ecology
- Innovations and technologies that are suitable for various geographical contexts
- Investments in small and medium farmers
- Incentives for business to invest in systems that benefit the public
- The reduction of waste along the entire value chain
For more on this topic, see BSR's Waste Not, Want Not research brief.
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