Making global food systems more sustainable has economic benefits 20 times the cost, finds report
India, Feb. 1 -- Investing $500 billion per year could reduce diet-related mortality by 36%, save 174 million lives from premature deaths
Globally, current food systems cost significantly more than they contribute to development. A sustainable transformation of existing food systems is urgently required at an estimated total cost of $500 billion per year. This cost is equivalent to only 0.2-0.4 per cent of global GDP and is small relative to the multi-trillion dollar benefits it could bring, according to a new report.
The annual environmental cost of the current food systems was $3 trillion, and the additional costs to health was at least $11 trillion.
The socio-economic benefits of transforming food systems around the world are estima...
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