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'GLOBAL WARMING CAN HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON FOOD PRODUCTION IN THE TROPICS'

Published on 15 Dec 2014

“The main reason forests are disappearing in this region is agriculture, it is the expansion of commercial agriculture,” Peter Holmgren, director general of the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR),said at the COP20 summit in Lima. Agroforestry is a way to reconcile agriculture, forest conservation and food production without generating greenhouse gas emissions.