65%
OF THE AFRICAN POPULATION DEPENDS ON AGRICULTURE FOR LABOUR & LIVELIHOODS, PRODUCING
80%
OF FOOD CONSUMED ON THE CONTINENT
DECLINE IN AGRICULTURAL DIVERSITY THREATENS FOOD SYSTEMS
DECLINE IN AGRICULTURAL DIVERSITY THREATENS FOOD SYSTEMS AND THE LIVELIHOODS OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN AFRICA
BY MARIAM MAYET
Agricultural biodiversity, which supports food systems globally and on the continent, is diminishing at an unprecedented rate, putting the future of our food, livelihoods, health and environment at great risk. This warning comes in State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO’s) first-ever report on this linkage, which was published on 22 February, 2019.
