(par 9.7.4.1.1) How existing cropland could feed billions more
How existing cropland could feed billions more http://environment.umn.edu/agriculture-2/study-how-existing-cropland-could-feed-billions-more/ Feeding a growing human population without increasing stresses on Earth’s strained land and water resources may seem like an impossible challenge. But according to a new report by researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment, focusing efforts to improve food systems on a few […]
(par 9.7.4.1.1) ‘Plant Variety Protection Bill Will Improve Food Security’ (Nigeria)
‘Plant Variety Protection Bill Will Improve Food Security’ https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/05/10/plant-variety-protection-bill-will-improve-food-security/ By Aliogo The Director-General, National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), Dr. Philip Ojo, has stated that the Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Bill will provide intellectual property protection to breeders and improve food security in Nigeria. Ojo, disclosed this during a virtual meeting organised by the Nigerian […]
(par 9.7.4.1.1) NEMA Blames Depletion of Forest Cover on Subsistence Farming
Uganda: NEMA Blames Depletion of Forest Cover on Subsistence Farming https://allafrica.com/stories/202105040687.html By Jessica Sabano National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has decried the rate at which Uganda is losing forest cover and blamed it on subsistence farming. The Authority’s executive director, Dr Tom Okurut said agriculture land was increasing while forest land was decreasing, something he […]