Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits
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Summary
A global model finds that the environmental impacts of the food system could increase by 60–90% by 2050, and that dietary changes, improvements in technologies and management, and reductions in food loss and waste will all be needed to mitigate these impacts.
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- article
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- 2018-10-01
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- 2,809
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- Open access
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Keywords
Planetary boundaries, Food systems, Environmental science, Natural resource economics, Food waste
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