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14.04.2008 | permalink
UN biofuel warning, call for return to traditional farming
Despite being highly productive, modern agricultural practices have exhausted land and water resources, squelched diversity and left poor people vulnerable to high food prices, according to a United Nations scientific report. [...] The report recommends that agricultural science place greater emphasis on safeguarding natural resources and on ’agro-ecological’ practices, including the use of natural fertilizers, traditional seeds and intensified natural practices, and reducing the distance between production and the consumer.