What percentage of the world’s food supply comes from just 12 plants and 5 animal species?

75%.

Of the nearly 300,000 known, edible species, only 150 – 200 are eaten by humans. And, nearly 60 percent of calories consumed by humans from plants come from just three sources – rice, maize and wheat.

The intersectionality between the environment, food, and human health provides investors with a range of investment opportunities to help tackle ecosystems decline, poverty and inequalities, carbon emissions, health issues and more.

Source: What is happening to agrobiodiversity, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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