According to Nnadozie, it is important to protect local varieties of agriculture, increase their yields and strengthen their adaptation to changing climate conditions, to meet the demand for food that will increase in the future. One of the main objectives of the treaty is to prevent the loss of crop diversity on which food production is based and to ensure the sustainable use of these resources.
Diversity in Agricultural Products Critical to Global Food Safety
Kent Nnadozie, Secretary of the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, said that food security depends on the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic diversity in the face of global population growth, climate change and limited agricultural land. Nnadozie made the statements in an interview with Armenpress.
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English translation of AgroAjans’s Turkish report. Original publishers are linked above.
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