Extreme Weather, Low Income Hurt Small-Scale Farmers
- World is off track on many sustainable agriculture goals: UN
- Local livestock breeds are at increased risk of extinction
A wheat harvest in Riedstadt, Germany following at heatwave, July 9..
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Small farmers who are key to world food output are producing and earning less as they face challenges to access land and financial services, the United Nations said.
That’s exacerbating food insecurity across the globe at a time when extreme weather is already hurting farm productivity, according to the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organization in Rome. The world is also not on track to meet many goals for sustainable agriculture and natural resource management, the FAO said in a report on Thursday.