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Gemma Ware, Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation

China wants more people to eat potatoes – how changing national diets could help fix our global food crisis. Podcast

China began promoting potatoes as a staple in 2015 in an effort to combat food insecurity. chinahbzyg via Shutterstock

How do you get a country to change its national diet? That’s what China has been trying by introducing potato as a staple as part of an effort to improve food security. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we talk to three experts about why countries need to shift what their citizens eat, and what the optimum diet for our planet might be.

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