Increasing demand for nutritious, safe, and healthy food because of a growing population, and the pledge to maintain biodiversity and other resources, pose a major challenge to agriculture that is already threatened by a changing climate. Diverse and healthy diets, largely based on plant-derived food, may reduce diet-related illnesses. Investments in plant sciences will be necessary to design diverse cropping systems balancing productivity, sustainability, and nutritional quality. Cultivar diversity and nutritional quality are crucial. We call for better cooperation between food and medical scientists, food sector industries, breeders, and farmers to develop diversified and nutritious cultivars that reduce soil degradation and dependence on external inputs, such as fertilizers and pesticides, and to increase adaptation to climate change and resistance to emerging pests.

由于人口增长，对营养，安全和健康食品的需求不断增加，以及维持生物多样性和其他资源的承诺，对已经受到气候变化威胁的农业构成了重大挑战。主要基于植物性食物的多样健康饮食可以减少与饮食有关的疾病。在植物科学上进行投资对于设计平衡生产力，可持续性和营养质量的多样化种植系统将是必要的。品种的多样性和营养质量至关重要。我们呼吁食品和医学科学家，食品行业，育种者和农民之间进行更好的合作，以开发多样化且营养丰富的栽培品种，以减少土壤退化和对肥料和杀虫剂等外部投入的依赖，