News Headline
90% of global farm subsidies damage people and planet, says UN
Source
Guardian (International Edition)
Publication Date
2021-09-14
Almost 90% of the $540bn in global subsidies given to farmers every year are “harmful”, a startling UN report has found. This agricultural support damages people’s health, fuels the climate crisis, destroys nature and drives inequality by excluding smallholder farmers, many of whom are women, according to the UN agencies.