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Comment 2008 IAASTD report recommends small-scale farmers and agro-ecological methods are the way forward if the current food crisis is to be solved and to meet the needs of local communities, declaring indigenous and local knowledge play as important a role as formal science, Greenpeace International, April 15 [1] 2007 Converting arable land to pure fuel production a "crime against humanity", says United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, October 26 [2] topic Your comment - Contribute via our Forums or a comment type article, or on any article via its talk page - click on discussion tab at top of page

2009

• Environmental impact of the lifecycle and supply chain of animals raised for food has been vastly underestimated, and in fact accounts for at least half of all human-caused greenhouse gases, October 20 ^[3] topic

• World's largest urban farm planned for the city of Detroit, April 2 ^[4]

2008

• The way the world grows its food will have to change radically to better serve the poor and hungry if the world is to cope with a growing population and climate change while avoiding social breakdown and environmental collapse, says International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development report by over 400 scientists, April 15 ^[5]

• IIED 3 year project to gather the views of small-scale farmers, indigenous people, nomadic pastoralists, rural communities, food workers and other citizens in Mali, India, Iran and the Andean region of Latin America (Bolivia and Peru), April 14 ^[6]

2007

• New Meat Byproducts: Avian Flu and Global Climate change, February 19 Worldwatch Institute

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References

1. ↑ Greenpeace International, April 15
2. ↑ UN press conference, October 26
3. ↑ Worldwatch Institute, October 20, 2009
4. ↑ Hantz Farms, April 2, 2009
5. ↑ UNEP, April 15
6. ↑ International Institute for Environment and Development, April 14