Report Declares African Land Degradation a Top Priority
A new report by the Montpellier Panel warns that if more is not done to aid Africa's ailing soils, the continent's current food insecurities will plunge into a vicious cycle for generations to come.
The panel is made up of experts from the agricultural, ecological and trade industries from both Africa and Europe, whose recommendations include making land degradation a bigger priority for governments around the world. They noted that restoring and preserving the soil can greatly improve the economy, public health and the environment of the continent.
The severe damage to the African landscape has caused less fertile soils, which in turn means fewer successful crops and greater amounts of greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere. Food scarcity is already a huge problem acros...