Post by sumaiyajannt on Feb 25, 2024 1:36:21 GMT -5
Each year the World Wide Fund for Nature Markets Institute identifies and publishes a list of global issues, trends and tools that they believe will most affect food and soft commodities in the coming year, talk about the main issues for 2021 and the list is published. These emerging developments may not yet be apparent. Therefore, this list aims to raise awareness and change our thinking and actions. This year the process has been complicated by which could have dominated the list (the highest likelihood of zoonotic diseases was predicted on the list, according to Jason Clay at . The pandemic has disrupted lives, food systems and much more, so its long-term impacts remain to be seen. Today there has been an attempt to look beyond the pandemic to see the lasting changes and influences on our global food system, and there has also been interest in the extent to which the pandemic experience is a test of our responses to climate change. Let's see what WWF has to say . Main problems for We need to talk about the Arctic: the next frontier While the world's attention has been focused on deforestation in the Amazon, there has been very little attention to the Arctic.
Here are some reasons to worry There are some resource extraction and infrastructure projects already in various stages of development (in a region of four Phone Number List million people, many indigenous peoples). In 2020, wheat, corn and soybeans were planted in what was recently Russian permafrost. 'Zombie' bacteria from melting reindeer carcasses caused an anthrax outbreak in Siberia. Fisheries are moving north, but management systems are not keeping pace. Marine species are now moving between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Welcome to climate change! Eat in… During the pandemic, shopping and cooking at home accelerated. It will never be what it was. The shift has been away from brick-and-mortar stores, established food distribution routes, and even restaurants. Food e-commerce and food delivery will increase, while face-to-face interaction in both grocery stores and restaurants will be less than before. Remote work and high-speed internet will accentuate these trends, which are unlikely to return to pre--levels. WWF predicts the main problems for Common metrics There is still little agreement on what should be measured or how to measure it. We cannot improve overall food performance without a common metric. We see movement for and ESG performance, , GHG emissions, regenerative agriculture, “build back better” ambitions, illegality, habitat conversion, minimum environmental performance for food production and trade, impact investments, costs of misinformation , impacts of climate change, and so on.
We can't measure everything, so what do we need to measure? And can we use fewer metrics as windows for multiple impacts? Return equity to business It is clearer than ever how current business models fail to address social and economic equity and injustices, or give hope to the marginalized. It is essential to understand the connections between capitalism and social and economic justice, which means rethinking business models, financial structures and subsidies. We need to consider new equity models such as ESOPs (employee stock ownership plans) and joint ventures (JVs), as well as management trusts. A focus on increasing productivity and wages does not make sense. We need to address social externalities in food from production to consumption and use current systems to invest in more resilient systems. Long-term contracts and carbon markets would help producers become more resilient and diversify. If we do not start addressing social and economic issues in business models, we cannot address environmental externalities. Food security in Africa Following the successful launch of the African Orphan Crops Consortium, the mapping of the genomes of 101 key food crops and the successful graduation of the fourth class of the African Plant Breeders Academy in Nairobi, it is essential that we support the institutions and people that produce the seeds and cuttings in each country to make planting materials available to farmers.
Here are some reasons to worry There are some resource extraction and infrastructure projects already in various stages of development (in a region of four Phone Number List million people, many indigenous peoples). In 2020, wheat, corn and soybeans were planted in what was recently Russian permafrost. 'Zombie' bacteria from melting reindeer carcasses caused an anthrax outbreak in Siberia. Fisheries are moving north, but management systems are not keeping pace. Marine species are now moving between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Welcome to climate change! Eat in… During the pandemic, shopping and cooking at home accelerated. It will never be what it was. The shift has been away from brick-and-mortar stores, established food distribution routes, and even restaurants. Food e-commerce and food delivery will increase, while face-to-face interaction in both grocery stores and restaurants will be less than before. Remote work and high-speed internet will accentuate these trends, which are unlikely to return to pre--levels. WWF predicts the main problems for Common metrics There is still little agreement on what should be measured or how to measure it. We cannot improve overall food performance without a common metric. We see movement for and ESG performance, , GHG emissions, regenerative agriculture, “build back better” ambitions, illegality, habitat conversion, minimum environmental performance for food production and trade, impact investments, costs of misinformation , impacts of climate change, and so on.
We can't measure everything, so what do we need to measure? And can we use fewer metrics as windows for multiple impacts? Return equity to business It is clearer than ever how current business models fail to address social and economic equity and injustices, or give hope to the marginalized. It is essential to understand the connections between capitalism and social and economic justice, which means rethinking business models, financial structures and subsidies. We need to consider new equity models such as ESOPs (employee stock ownership plans) and joint ventures (JVs), as well as management trusts. A focus on increasing productivity and wages does not make sense. We need to address social externalities in food from production to consumption and use current systems to invest in more resilient systems. Long-term contracts and carbon markets would help producers become more resilient and diversify. If we do not start addressing social and economic issues in business models, we cannot address environmental externalities. Food security in Africa Following the successful launch of the African Orphan Crops Consortium, the mapping of the genomes of 101 key food crops and the successful graduation of the fourth class of the African Plant Breeders Academy in Nairobi, it is essential that we support the institutions and people that produce the seeds and cuttings in each country to make planting materials available to farmers.