A profound change in the global food and agriculture system is needed if we are to nourish the 815 million people who are hungry today and the additional two billion people expected to be undernourished by 2050. Investments in agriculture are crucial to increasing the capacity for agricultural productivity and sustainable food production systems are necessary to help alleviate the perils of hunger.
Agriculture is responsible for 88% of UK emissions of ammonia gas which can travel long distances, be damaging to the environment.