Two formidable challenges seem to overarch agriculture and food production in this century: how to end hunger and how to keep global warming at a level that will allow humanity and the agroecosystems we depend upon to adapt in a noncatastrophic way. Two outstanding paradoxes mark these challenges: Modern agriculture is producing too much and still a billion people on this planet suffer from hunger, while many more are not nourished properly. At the same time, agricultural production and our food system accounts for more than 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions while the plants and soil it is based upon have the potential to reduce rather than increase global warming.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/agriculture-crossroads-food-survival
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/greenpeace-international
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/organic-farming
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biotechnology
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/genetic-engineering
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/patents
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
