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SOLAW 2021

January 1 , 2022 975 days 992 0
  • The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations launched the State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture – Systems at breaking point Synthesis report 2021 (SOLAW 2021).
  • This highlights the worsening state of the earth’s soil, land, and water resources and the challenges it poses for feeding a global population that is expected to reach 10 billion by 2050.
  • The central theme of SOLAW 2021 is “Systems at breaking point”.
  • The present status is
    • The interconnected systems of land, soil, and water are stretched to the limit.
    • Current patterns of agricultural intensification are not proving sustainable
    • Farming systems are becoming polarized.

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