The world’s food production and distribution systems are deeply flawed: unsustainable agricultural practices continue to destroy forests, degrade land and intensify climate change, while over two billion people experience some type of malnutrition.
By supporting landscape management practices and local innovations to sustainably produce diverse foods and maintain and enhance ecosystem services, CIFOR-ICRAF is finding ways to promote healthy diets – without overshooting planetary boundaries.
Food: Fast facts
30% of food
is lost or wasted
is lost or wasted
26%
of all greenhouse gas emissions
result from food production
of all greenhouse gas emissions
result from food production
11% of people
are undernourished
are undernourished
