Combine harvesters in a wheat field in the Ternopil region of Ukraine on Aug. 4, 2022. Alexey Furman / Getty Images
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According to a new global policy report — The Economics of the Food System Transformation by the Food System Economics Commission (FSEC) — how food is produced and consumed worldwide is leading to environmental damage and health impacts that add up to about 12 percent of the world’s annual gross domestic product.
The researchers found that a global transformation of food systems could help achieve worldwide climate targets, prevent 174 million early deaths and result in $5 trillion to $10 trillion in economic benefits, reported AFP.
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