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Reuters: Food production accounts for up to 29 percent of man-made greenhouse gases, twice the amount the United Nations has estimated comes from farming, a study published on Wednesday said.
Looking at emissions across the food system - including forest clearance, fertiliser production and transport - rather than just farming itself - agriculture research organisation CGIAR said much more work was needed to cut climate change emissions from food.
Its report, "Climate Change and Food Systems", estimated......
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Food may cause almost a third of greenhouse emissions -study
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 31st, 2012
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