Título

Fixing our global agricultural system to prevent the next COVID-19

Autor

Frédéric Baudron

Nivel de Acceso

Acceso Abierto

Licencia

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Materias

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA - (CTI) INFECTIOUS DISEASES - (AGROVOC) BIODIVERSTIY - (AGROVOC) FARMING SYSTEMS - (AGROVOC) LAND USE - (AGROVOC) ECOSYSTEM SERVICES - (AGROVOC)

Resumen o descripción

While the world’s attention is focused on controlling COVID-19, evidence points at the biodiversity crisis as a leading factor in its emergence, and the outbreak of many past emerging infectious diseases. Agriculture is a major driver of biodiversity loss globally. Feeding a growing human population in ways that minimize harm to biodiversity is thus imperative to prevent the next COVID-19. Solutions exist, but the burden of implementing them should not be left to farmers alone, who are mainly small-scale family farmers. Supportive policies and markets are needed, but unlikely to bring about the required changes alone. A global concerted effort similar to the Paris Agreement for climate is probably required.

Fecha de publicación

2020

Tipo de publicación

Artículo

Recurso de información

https://hdl.handle.net/10883/20889

Formato

application/pdf

Idioma

Inglés

Audiencia

Investigadores

Repositorio Orígen

Repositorio Institucional de Publicaciones Multimedia del CIMMYT

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