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UN calls for 'reinvigoration' of agriculture




"Agriculture must also be prepared to meet the challenge posed by climate change, which is already hurting productivity in many tropical areas, particularly in Africa, South Asia and small island developing states," he suggested.

Noting that water stress will become more serious in the near future, the secretary-general called for better water conservation and use along with increased investments to slow or reverse desertification.

This year's session of the CSD - a subsidiary body of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) - is focusing on agriculture, rural development, land, drought, desertification and Africa.


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