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How will we feed the world?

The primary objective of food systems is to feed people in a healthy way. Unfortunately, most countries do not fully succeed, because worldwide there are 800 million people who go hungry, and also nearly 800 million people who are obese. Food systems often have negative consequences as well, such as for biodiversity and sustainability. In our research we want to find out how food systems can be made sustainable and future-proof, with enough healthy food for everyone. We focus on bringing quantitative and model-based input in the discussion on transition pathways towards healthy and sustainable food systems and applied this quantitative approach to Ethiopia to assess consequences, benefits and trade-offs of alternatives for the current diet.