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http://www.foodpolitics.com/2010/11/climate-smart-agriculture-fao-report/
“Climate-smart” agriculture: FAO report
by Marion Nestle
The role of agriculture in causing and becoming affected by climate change is, to say the least, of much current interest. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N. (FAO) has a new report out on precisely this issue: “Climate-Smart” Agriculture: Policies, Practices and Financing for Food Security, Adaptation, and Mitigation.
The report focuses on agriculture in developing countries. These must develop “climate-smart” approaches to cope with the challenge of feeding a warmer, more heavily populated world.
Climate change is expected to reduce agriculture productivity, stability and incomes in many areas that already experience high levels of food insecurity — yet world agriculture production will need to increase by 70 percent over the coming four decades in order to meet the food requirements of growing world population.
What needs to change?
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