Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Agriculture - Briefing Note 11

Conventional agriculture has been the major driving force of increased yields over the past decades and still makes up most agricultural production practices. However, this food production system and a significant amount of associated waste (approximately 30 percent of global production, according to FAO no date) has come at a cost, depleting or polluting bodies of water, replacing natural ecosystems, and eroding the rich ecosystem underlayer supporting microorganism biodiversity, the basis of soil fertility. To compensate, more ecosystems are continually converted to agricultural or grazing land.

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Source https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/40405
Author Ecosystems Division
Maintainer Ecosystems Division
Last Updated January 25, 2023, 15:12 (UTC)
Created January 25, 2023, 15:00 (UTC)
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Issued 2022-07-26T08:16:47Z
Language English
Modified 2022-12-19 23:35:12.915
Publisher name Ecosystems Division
Theme Briefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategies
data_type document
spatial Global