Farming report released amid food shortage riots

UNESCO calls for a ‘paradigm change’ to move away from fossil fuels in agriculture

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The report, known as the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development, takes a broad look at farming in relation to hunger, poverty, the environment and social equity.

“The IAASTD encourages us to take up what can be called a paradigm change. The status quo today is no longer an option,” said Guilhem Calvo, an adviser with UNESCO’s ecological and earth sciences division.

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