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Home > Africa: Sustainable solutions to improve environmental and human health

Contributor [1]
Thursday, July 8, 2004 - 03:00
Categories: 
Environment [2]
Issue Number: 
164 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Agriculture is the most important user of environmental services, including water, forests, pastures, soil and nutrients. Poorly managed agriculture can lead to environmental degradation and pollution, deplete natural resources and compromise food safety and human health. Sustainable agriculture provides environmental services that are important to society in urban and rural areas, locally and globally.

Category: 
Land & Environment [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/environment/22976 [5]

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