The world has a major supply gap when it comes to growing enough crops to sustain humanity—and innovations to mitigate it are being underinvested, global food experts say.
Factors weighing on the food supply chain include not producing enough calories to feed people, not enough land available to cultivate crops, greenhouse gas emissions from food production, lost biodiversity integral to agriculture, and a water shortage for agricultural use, according to Sunny Verghese, CEO of food and ag company Olam Group.
