It ought to be obvious to anyone with an appetite for the truth that the way we currently produce and consume food is unsustainable - and that structural change must happen if we do not want to end up with half the world remaining obese while the other half is malnourished, and our environment exhausted in an effort to provide more. Our current situation sees animal feed competing head on with human food and fuel production over land, water and fertiliser resources.An increasing scarcity of resources, coupled with the increasing demand for animal proteins worldwide are two key indicators that reflect the urgency to further optimise food-producing sectors.The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that the world needs to increase its food production by 70 percent to meet demand, and to do so sustainably.
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