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Future of Food: Why the planet is facing a food security crisis and how we can solve it - Instant Genius

Future of Food: Why the planet is facing a food security crisis and how we can solve it - Instant Genius

Update: 2025-11-10
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Recent UN data tells us that currently 670 million people around the world are going hungry. There’s little doubt that food security is one of the most serious problems that the human race is facing. How have we reached this point of crisis and what solutions can we put in place to make sure everyone on the planet has enough nutritious food to eat without causing further harm to the environment?


As part of our four-part miniseries, Future of Food, we’re joined by Dr Dave Chandler, a crop researcher and agricultural scientist based at the University of Warwick.


He tells us how current global food production practices are one of the most significant drivers of environmental damage and biodiversity loss, how climate change is threatening our ability to grow fresh produce to put on our plates and details some of the current thinking on how we can ensure the future of food production worldwide.

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Future of Food: Why the planet is facing a food security crisis and how we can solve it - Instant Genius

Future of Food: Why the planet is facing a food security crisis and how we can solve it - Instant Genius