New study on increasing homogeneity within global food supplies warns of serious implications for farming and human nutrition: worldwide spread of a standard globalized diet is putting more food on the dinner table, but at the expense of diverse local crops; global uniformity heightens the risk of food crises due to climate change

CIAT; CGIAR; Global Crop Diversity Trust. March 3, 2014. New study on increasing homogeneity within global food supplies warns of serious implications for farming and human nutrition: worldwide spread of a standard globalized diet is putting more food on the dinner table, but at the expense of diverse local crops; global uniformity heightens the risk of food crises due to climate change. Press release.