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In the absence of sufficient urgency to curb greenhouse gas emissions, it is becoming too hot to farm in Africa.
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In the absence of sufficient urgency to curb greenhouse gas emissions, it is becoming too hot to farm in Africa.
The Food and Agriculture Declaration, endorsed by 130 world leaders at COP28, is key to breaking deadlock between agriculture systems and climate change.
DUBAI, Dec 10 (IPS) - In the absence of sufficient urgency to curb greenhouse gas emissions, it is becoming too hot to farm in Africa. Confronted by extreme, intense, and frequent climate events such as record-breaking prolonged dry spells, current agriculture and farming systems are ill equipped to adapt to or alleviate climate change.
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