Climate-smart smallholders
Climate-smart smallholders /Paul Kagame & Kanayo F Nwanze, Project Syndicate, 13/03/2012
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/climate-smart-smallholders
Until the world’s small farmers adopt a series of necessary changes, climate talks such as the United Nations Rio+20 Summit, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro this June, will never translate into action. The emergence of a global green economy requires governments, other policymakers, and businesses from developed and emerging economies to recognize the inextricable linkages between climate change, the environment, and food security. This means bringing the world’s smallholder agriculture into the discussion…