by darkbot on 12/19/13, 6:30 PM with 1 comments
by darkbot on 12/19/13, 6:34 PM
* The 2008 food crisis was an important catalyst for realizing the need for a fundamental transformation and questioning some of the assumptions that had driven food, agricultural and trade policy in recent decades.
* The fundamental transformation of agriculture may well turn out to be one of the biggest challenges, including for international security, of the 21st century.
* The world needs a paradigm shift in agricultural development: from a "green revolution" to an "ecological intensification" approach.
* The required transformation is much more profound than simply tweaking the existing industrial agricultural system.