News Headline
More progress needed to maintain indigenous livestock diversity, UN food agency says
Source
UN News Centre
Publication Date
2012-10-25
24 October 2012 – With more than one in five indigenous livestock breeds at risk of extinction, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today welcomed progress in many countries aimed at maintaining livestock diversity, but warned that more needs to be done to save what amounts to a critical resource for food production.
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