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Weather-weather lang ’yan: How nanoparticles can boost food supply despite climate change

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This farming system, which is espoused by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is not a novel concept as traditional farming practices like crop rotation and rainwater harvesting can be considered climate-smart, which, in this case, can refer to any practice and technology that can cut emissions while simultaneously raising yields and building farmers’ resilience.

This farming system, which is espoused by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is not a novel concept as traditional farming practices like crop rotation and rainwater harvesting can be considered climate-smart, which, in this case, can refer to any practice and technology that can cut emissions while simultaneously raising yields and building farmers’ resilience.

Farmers are long used to changing weather patterns and have since adjusted their life and livelihood to cater to these changes. Who else but a farmer (and, of course, an influence peddler) can understand the many layers of meaning encapsulated in that catchphrase “weather-weather lang ’yan”? But climate change is a relatively new phenomenon and it has brought extreme weather events such as a more severe dry spell, stronger typhoons and heavy flooding that don’t only hurt farmers but all of us who have to live with declining food production.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said crop yields will decline by as much as 25 percent by 2050 owing to climate change. The FAO said extreme weather events can also cause more frequent and intense plant pest and disease outbreaks, as was the case during the desert locust outbreaks in Northwest Africa and in Yemen in late-2015 and early-2016. It also doesn’t help that the agriculture sector itself is a major carbon emitter, accounting for at least 20 percent of total greenhouse-gas emissions.

See full article at Business Mirror

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