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Food transport emissions matter

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Trade enables food access and is therefore key to achieving global food security. However, greenhouse gas emissions associated with food transport are many times higher than what was indicated by previous estimates.

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Fig. 1: Vegetables being transported from rural to urban areas in Itahari, Nepal.

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P.P. acknowledges financial support from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research for the BIOCLIMAPATHS project (grant agreement no. 01LS1906A) under the Axis-ERANET call.

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