The declining quantitative diversity of plants, animals and microorganisms, which are the basis of food production, poses a threat to world food security. The main reason for this decline, according to the UN, is intensive agriculture.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in its annual report noted that of the 6 thousand species of plants that can be used in whole or in part, only 9 plants account for 66% of global industrial crop production. Of the 40 species of animals whose meat is traditionally consumed, only a few species of animals account for the vast majority of world production.

According to the FAO, over the next 5 years, humanity will face the main challenges in the form of a disturbance in the balance of insects and, as a result, an abundance of pests; the need to significantly reduce the use of natural gas and the production of artificial meat, of which the benefits may be less than harm.

It should be noted that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a UN organization whose main task is the fight against hunger.