We must resurrect ‘forgotten’ crops in the fight against a food crisis

The writer is chief executive of Crops For the Future

Supply chain disruptions, a pandemic, extreme weather and now a war in Ukraine have exposed faultlines in the global food system that we ignore at our peril. The crisis demands nothing less than a complete transformation of agrifood — one that involves diversifying the crops we grow, the way we grow them and how we transport them.

Climate change threatens almost everything when it…