African Green Revolution Ignores downsides of intensive farming

By Gerald Businge on October 13, 2011 African Green Revolution, Agriculture, Christian Aid, intensive farming news & events, Public Platform

Full report at this link: http://bit.ly/pXo82N Lessons learned from Asia’s Green Revolution about the damage intensive farming can cause are being ignored in the race to help Africa feed itself, Christian Aid warns in a report published today to mark the UN’s World Food Day (Oct 16). Sustainable farming techniques are being sidelined in favour […]