Africa:Why Developing Countries Should Boost the Ways of Small-Scale Farming

[The Conversation Africa] Industrial agriculture - farming that involves the intensive production of livestock, poultry, fish and crops - is one of the most environmentally destructive forms of land use. It depends on mechanisation and on inputs like synthetic fertiliser and harmful pesticides and herbicides and has led to widespread contamination of soil and water. It also relies on just a few major crops like wheat, maize, soybean and rice, the seeds of which are owned by a mere handful of companies.

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