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Harvesting agricultures multiple benefits: Mitigation, adaptation, development and food security [1]

Farming practices that capture carbon and store it in agricultural soils offer some of the most promising options for early and cost-effective action on climate change in developing countries, while contributing to food security, FAO said in a policy brief prepared for the Copenhagen summit.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
FAO [2]
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Agriculture [3], Legumes [4], Climate Change [5], Climate Mitigation [6], Carbon Sequestration [7], Climate Adaptation [8], Developing Countries [9], Food Security [10]
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