The Daily Star (March 3): "Organic and eco-friendly farming can feed the world, contrary to the common belief that biotechnology and chemical-intensive farming are indispensable modern strategies to increase production, agricultural experts say. "It is not necessarily about producing more food, but about producing more quality nutrition through less energy use and pollution,"
The best way to mitigate climate change and gain food security is to support small-scale, ecological farming, scientists and economists said during the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Governing Council in Rome, Italy, in late February. This would be a turnaround from international agricultural strategies of the past two decades that heavily promote monocropping and the use of biotechnologies. " Read more.
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