Experts argue that the current food system is contributing significantly to increased greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions and, consequently, leading to drastic changes in the weather patterns. World Resources Institute states that a research found that in 2011, farming was responsible for 13 per cent of total global emissions, or six billion tonnes of GHGs. Cattle and other ruminants contribute to 37 per cent of all methane emissions from human activity. If we have to change something, it is the diet,” he said, adding that countries needed to have food policies. Fadda said: “We need to have an agro-ecological transition, we need more concerted efforts at landscape scale (both political and technical).

Source: Daily Nation January 14, 2020 15:45 UTC