A total of 68 countries agreed to contribute to climate protection and biodiversity conservation by protecting agricultural soils at last week’s global conference of agriculture ministers in Berlin.
This is reported by ProAgro Group, citing EURACTIV.
“Healthy soils are a key factor in meeting the global challenges of our time,” said the final communiqué adopted by the ministers on 28 January.
Agricultural soils, in particular, are crucial for sufficient and high-quality food production, climate protection and adaptation, as well as for species conservation, the paper also writes, adding that all sectors must contribute to sustainable land use, it continues.
The week-long Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) is organised annually in Berlin and brings together nearly 70 agriculture ministers from across the world, as well as representatives of international organisations like the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
