Simple steps could help African farmers cope with climate change, experts say
By | Published: August 31, 2007
window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Associated: Climate change could worsen Africa’s struggle to feed itself, but even simple steps – a cistern to catch rainwater, a solar panel, or hardier seeds for crops – could help the continent’s subsistence farms, experts said Friday. About 250 experts, donors and officials were meeting in Oslo this week for the Second Green Africa Revolution Conference, which follows up a 2004 challenge from former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to revolutionize African farming. Africa imports …
Simple steps could help African farmers cope with climate change, experts say
window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Associated: Climate change could worsen Africa’s struggle to feed itself, but even simple steps – a cistern to catch rainwater, a solar panel, or hardier seeds for crops – could help the continent’s subsistence farms, experts said Friday. About 250 experts, donors and officials were meeting in Oslo this week for the Second Green Africa Revolution Conference, which follows up a 2004 challenge from former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to revolutionize African farming. Africa imports …
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