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- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday warned about the threat to the future of the world’s food production from a lack of biodiversity in the environment.
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Challenges mentioned in the report:
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Biodiversity that underpins our food systems, at all levels, is declining around the world.
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Once lost, plant, animal and micro-organisms species that are critical to our food systems, cannot be recovered.
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Biodiversity enables agriculture systems to be more resilient to shocks such as disease and pest outbreaks, as well as coping with climate change.
Drivers for biodiversity loss:
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It includes changes in land and water use and management, pollution and overharvesting.
Source
The Hindu