Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Wait a minute, UN: If your farming method changes really cause crop yields to double, does that mean that the people of Africa WON'T starve if I leave my iPhone charger plugged in?

Report: Eco-farming can double crop yields - UPI.com
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 8 (UPI) -- Food production in poor countries can be doubled within 10 years if small farms switch to ecological agriculture, a study issued by the United Nations says.

"Agroecological" projects have led to an average crop yield increase of 80 percent in 57 developing countries, with an average increase of 116 percent in Africa, says the U.N. report released Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland.

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