Global Food Crisis: Biodiversity to curb world’s food insecurity - Just twelve crops and fourteen animal species now provide most of the world’s food
May 19th, 2008 | By Finfacts Ireland Business & Finance Portal | Category: News worldwide
Global Food Crisis: Just twelve crops and fourteen animal species now provide most of the world’s food. Fewer genetic diversity means fewer opportunities for the growth and innovation needed to boost agriculture at a time of soaring food prices according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).