As the world struggles with weather conditions threatening food production, one seed company official has told Thomson Reuters Foundation News agriculture innovations could help people without harming our planet.
Cultivating plants that nurture soil, leaving land untilled to store carbon-dioxide in the ground and planting seeds with a higher yield could all help, Liam Condon, head of the crop science division for German-based Bayer, told Thomson Reuters.
“I’m totally convinced (carbon-neutral farming) is feasible, but it will require a massive effort… and no single company or institution or government will be able to do this alone,” he was quoted as saying. [news.trust.org]
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