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OUR G L O B A L WOR K
THE WAY WE PRODUCE, CONSUME AND WASTE FOOD POSES A WIDESPREAD
THREAT TO PEOPLE AND NATURE. WITH POPULATION AND INCOME GROWTH SET TO
DOUBLE DEMAND BY 2050, WE MUST CREATE SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
THAT ENSURE FOOD SECURITY AND PROTECT NATURE.
TRANSFORMING FOOD PRODUCTION
Unsustainable food production has caused
huge amounts of deforestation and conversion,
soil degradation and water pollution. We have
been working on the ground and in the water
to accelerate the adoption of nature-positive
production practices at scale, helping local
communities to improve their livelihoods and
food security, while also reversing nature loss.
For instance, our work in the Cerrado,
Brazil's largest savannah, has nearly doubled
the number of family farms using naturepositive
practices to produce indigenous
baru nuts, with yields increasing by around
50%. We are directly supporting the
restoration of degraded land for agricultural
activities in both the Cerrado and Brazilian
Atlantic Forest. Across Zambia and Zimbabwe,
we have trained and enabled thousands of
farmers, the majority of whom are women,
to adopt agroecological practices. And in the
mountainous northern region of Pakistan,
we are working with farmers to introduce
energy efficient and natural ways to
produce and dry fruit.
FOOD LOSS AND WASTE
WWF is working with a wide range of
partners around the world to rapidly slash
food loss and waste across supply chains.
For example, WWF-US established the Zero
Food Waste Coalition with NGO partners
and launched both federal and state-level
guidance for food waste reduction, while
WWF-Colombia developed a new course on
waste reduction for restaurants.
HALVING THE FOOTPRINT OF DIETS
We continued to improve consumer choice
and knowledge for healthy and sustainable
diets. For example, our upgraded PlanetBased
Diets Calculator provides consumers
with localized data for around 150
countries, enabling them to analyse the
impacts of dietary choices on factors such
as biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions,
cropland and water use.
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INNOVATING TO TRANSFORM FOOD SYSTEMS
As part of our Solving the Great Food
Puzzle platform to help countries accelerate
national-level food systems transformation,
we launched a new Food Systems Innovation
Framework to help catalyse the biggest
impacts in the shortest amount of time.
Our innovative solutions include working
with local communities in Paraguay to scale
up agroforesty and create new markets for
Indigenous foods.
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