Dr Julia Wright is the deputy director of the Centre for Agroecology and Food Security (CAFS).
In my opinion, attempts to ensure that the world has access to sufficient and nutritious food are being held back by the view that increasing the productivity of agriculture is the only solution.
Encouraging people to grow more of their own food is not only beneficial to the environment but leads to improved health and wellbeing and creates stronger local communities, according to Coventry University research.