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Providing a safe, sufficient and healthy diet to everyone on the planet in a way that is socially, economically and environmentally sustainable: this is one of the most crucial challenges of our time. A recent gathering of thought leaders explored the role that interdisciplinary research and cross-sector collaboration can play in addressing food system challenges.

In February the ETH World Food System Center embarked on a study tour of India with a group of students from around the world. The group was not only hungry for adventure, but also hungry for answers: How could India feed a growing population, in the face of challenges of poverty and environmental change?

In the time it takes you to read this blog, approximately 19’000 kg of edible food will be wasted or lost in Switzerland ¹. That is equivalent to 19 one tonne trucks lined up next to one another.