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Extensively farmed beef emits three to four times as many GHGs than intensively farmed beef

Extensively farmed beef emits three to four times as many GHGs than intensively farmed beef

Global food wastage ranks as third top GHG emitter after USA and China

Global food wastage ranks as third top GHG emitter after USA and China

The food system contributes about half of human caused GHG emissions

The food system contributes about half of human caused GHG emissions

Brazil's Zero Hunger Project is credited with contributing to a 27 percent reduction in poverty

Brazil's Zero Hunger Project is credited with contributing to a 27 percent reduction in poverty

Ghana cut the number of hungry in half

Ghana cut the number of hungry in half

There is a new tool for measuring hunger

There is a new tool for measuring hunger

Land grabs for food production: 35 million hectares of land in 66 countries after 2006

Land grabs for food production: 35 million hectares of land in 66 countries after 2006

Re-greening the Sahel Burkina Faso and Niger has created roughly 80,000 additional tons of food

Re-greening the Sahel Burkina Faso and Niger has created roughly 80,000 additional tons of food

Half the world is hungry, malnourished or overweight

Half the world is hungry, malnourished or overweight

Re-greening the Sahel Burkina Faso and Niger has created roughly 80,000 additional tons of food

Re-greening the Sahel Burkina Faso and Niger has created roughly 80,000 additional tons of food

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