News Headline
More Than Half of Africa’s Arable Land ‘Too Damaged’ for Food Production
Source
Inter Press Service News Agency
Publication Date
2015-01-14
NTUNGAMO DISTRICT, Uganda, Jan 13 2015 (IPS) - A report published last month by the Montpellier Panel – an eminent group of agriculture, ecology and trade experts from Africa and Europe – says about 65 percent of Africa’s arable land is too damaged to sustain viable food production.