'A critical fork in the road': Is the world heading for a 'renewable food system' - or an era of climate-driven hunger?

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New report from CISL argues that without a rapid switch towards new food technologies a 'dystopian world' of food supply shocks awaits

The global food and agricultural system is on the brink of a historic market disruption, which will be characterised either by a genuine transformation of food systems or escalating climate impacts and...

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