Following
a recent study that revealed a yearly loss of about 1.3 billion tonnes of food,
an expert has called for the incorporation of science in order to boost food
security, reports Trust.
Carlos
Nobre, national secretary of Research and Development Policies and Programmes
in Brazil's ministry of Science and Technology made the call as the global
population is expected to reach nine billion by 2050.
NaijaAgroNet
gathered that he affirmed science as having a fundamental role to play, hence
agriculture must become more resilient and the development of scientific
knowledge must bolster sustainability and food security.
Nobre
who is also a member of the Independent Commission on Sustainable Agriculture
and Climate Change, comprising prominent scientists from 13 countries also made
known that one-third of the food produced for human consumption is lost or
wasted. Read more
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