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17 Jul 2020
For real food security, we need nature-friendly farming
By Jeremy Herry
Think we need more intensive farming for food security? Think again. If anything, our unsustainable farming system is making us less secure: it’s killing pollinators, destroying the very ecosystems we need to produce food, and 88 million tons of food are going to waste every year!
For real, long-term food security, we need sustainable, nature friendly farming. The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy can make this a reality by supporting our farmers’ green transition. Check out our infographic below for more detail (you can also view a larger version here).
For more information on the urgent transition to nature-friendly farming, read through our studies, positions and news articles here. Did you like our infographic? Feel free to share it!
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Stichting BirdLife Europe gratefully acknowledges financial support from the European Commission. All content and opinions expressed on these pages are solely those of Stichting BirdLife Europe. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.