How to Avert a Food Crisis : New America Foundation
A market in Kedougou, Senegal (West Africa)
Scientists and agriculture experts discussed the future of global food supply at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C., April 12.
The participants in a panel titled “How to Avert a Food Crisis” analyzed adaptation challenges around farming techniques and existing infrastructure in a changing climate.
Indigenous populations have been implementing adaptation techniques to sustain their farming cultures for hundreds of years, said Panelist Ed Carr, Qualitative Social Scientist and Author of Delivering Development: Globalization’s Shoreline and the Road to a Sustainable Future.
