This article argues that GM drought tolerant crops may only have limited value in meeting the challenges of climate change. Instead, conventional breeding and ecological agriculture approaches can provide ready solutions. […]
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A paper published in the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability proposes ten basic attributes of sustainable agricultural systems. […] Small farmers around the world are dramatically boosting their productivity and yields across a range of crops, by adopting a system called SCI (System of Crop Intensification). […] Investing in agroecological approaches can be highly effective in boosting production, incomes, food security and resilience to climate change, and empowering communities. […] A call for major new investment and support to scale-up smallholder-focused agro-ecology and ecological agriculture to help tackle poverty, hunger and climate change. […] A factsheet produced by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) highlights the importance of smallholders and family farmers for agriculture. […] This report highlights the deep problems associated with conventional farming and argues that Asian countries must promote sustainable agriculture with much greater urgency than they are currently doing. […] Preliminary results from research in India demonstrate that biodiversity levels are higher in an organic farm compared to conventional, as exemplified by insect biodiversity. The rich biodiversity of the organic farm also provides pest population control. […] Industrial agriculture contributes significantly to global warming, representing a large majority of total agriculture-related GHG emissions. Alternatively, agroecology is far less energy-consumptive and releases fewer GHGs. […] This paper shows that agroecology has proven capable of sustainably increasing productivity and has far greater potential for fighting hunger, particularly during economic and climatically uncertain times. […] |
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