Report highlights conflict in agricultural research

SciDev.Net: Efforts to increase food production are clashing with efforts to reduce agriculture's greenhouse gas emissions says a group of international scientists. Agricultural research to improve food security often depends on technology to increase yields and crop intensification -- resulting in greenhouse gas emissions that damage the environment and help increase climate change, an independent commission of scientists has said. At the same time, other research projects are working to reduce agriculture's......

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