Biodiversity & Agriculture in the News 2008 // In the News Thursday // 4.2.2020 Biodiversity & Agriculture in the News Each day the CBD Secretariat conducts a global Internet search for relevant news stories. The following stories collected over the last seven days relate to agriculture and biodiversity. 2 April 2020 When agriculture focuses on profit instead of food Equal Times, 2020-04-02 In the mid-20th century, the so-called Green Revolution changed humanity’s relationship with agriculture. A series of technological advances in high-yielding varieties of rice and wheat seeds, along with irrigation systems and new fertilisers and pesticides – which marked the official entry of the chemical industry into the field – brought about a dramatic increase in agricultural productivity. More: https://www.equaltimes.org/when-agriculture-focuses-on-profit#.XoXb54h...
Biodiversity & Agriculture in the News Each day the CBD Secretariat conducts a global Internet search for relevant news stories. The following stories collected over the last seven days relate to agriculture and biodiversity. 2 April 2020 When agriculture focuses on profit instead of food Equal Times, 2020-04-02 In the mid-20th century, the so-called Green Revolution changed humanity’s relationship with agriculture. A series of technological advances in high-yielding varieties of rice and wheat seeds, along with irrigation systems and new fertilisers and pesticides – which marked the official entry of the chemical industry into the field – brought about a dramatic increase in agricultural productivity. More: https://www.equaltimes.org/when-agriculture-focuses-on-profit#.XoXb54h...
