Summary
The global impacts of food production Food is produced and processed by millions of farmers and intermediaries globally, with substantial associated environmental costs. Given the heterogeneity of producers, what is the best way to reduce food's environmental impacts? Poore and Nemecek consolidated data on the multiple environmental impacts of ∼38,000 farms producing 40 different agricultural goods around the world in a meta-analysis comparing various types of food production systems. The environmental cost of producing the same goods can be highly variable. However, this heterogeneity creates opportunities to target the small numbers of producers that have the most impact. Science , this issue p. 987
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Referenced by Nature Reviews food production environment report as citation 12; likely supports topic area: land use / agriculture / food systems. Topics: land use / agriculture / food systems Evidence type: Research article / other Source report: Nature Reviews food production environment report Ref#: Nature Reviews food production environment report #12 Original: Poore, J. and Nemecek, T. Reducing food's environmental impacts through producers and consumers. Science 360, 987-992 (2018).
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