The fragility of dependence on four cereals

The large part of the global food system in our day is only shaped around four products; wheat, rice, corn and soybean. According to Sayed Azam-Ali, CEO of Crops For the Future (the Mahsullar from the Future), the dominantness of this four products on nutrition systems creates great risks in terms of health and food safety. Azam-Ali also states that the feeling of toughness of these products is limited to nutritional values and the diversity is gradually reduced. Also these products are quite fragile against drought, temperature and climate change. This degree of single type of food system threatens not only biological diversity but also global supply chains.

The remaining in the shade of the green revolution]
The process started in the midst of the twentieth century and called ‘Green Revolution’ was aimed at increasing efficiency. During this period, high-efficiency species were highlighted in accordance with fertilizer, irrigation and machinery agriculture. But this conversion led thousands of local foods to push out the system outside. These products, which have been referred to as forgotten foods, were once part of a wide variety of plants feeding humanity with 7 thousand varieties of plants in different regions of the world. [

Agriculture resistant to climate crisis with nuts][
In a era that increases the severity of the climate crisis, foods resistant to extreme conditions such as drought and temperature are becoming more important. The large part of the forgotten foods can grow in harsh conditions. For example, products such as fonio, bambara beans, moringa, amarant and finger millet, attract attention to both nutritious and climate change resistant structures. These products are important not only for healthy nutrition, but also in terms of strengthening the local agricultural economy and flexibility of the food chain.

Tohumdan table: Re-extinguishing time
Azam-Ali emphasizes not only in agriculture, but also need to relive in the kitchen culture. Seeds of these products are available in seed banks all over the world. But the main thing is that these seeds are believed in the reground and return to tables. The recall of old recipes, local dishes and traditional forms of nutrition is an important part of this process. The database of Cropbase created for this purpose is to accommodate more than two thousand and more products in accordance with local climates. This resource, which can be guided for farmers, aims to support local production and be part of the re-farm of forgotten foods.

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A system based on four main products means a large transport and distribution load. According to Azam-Ali, the transportation of products such as wheat and rice on the global scale is caused by the system to become open to any kind of external shock. Events such as wars, political crises or natural disasters can easily break this chain. The short-term congestion in the Ukrainian-Russia war or the Suveying Channel showed clearly how severe consequences of this brittleness can lead. Climate change needs a variety of, nutritious and local food systems to combat population growth and food insecure. This requirement is not only a agricultural matter; but also a multi-layer conversion call, which is a cultural, economic and political aspect.. It should be noted that the forgotten foods are both the starting point of this transformation and the solution way.
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