Africa: One-Stop Site for Climate Change & Food Facts

Johannesburg — About one-third of food produced for human consumption gets lost or is wasted globally. This amounts to about 1.3 billion tons per year, the equivalent of six to 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions generated by human beings.

This and many more quick facts on the links between agriculture and climate change can be found in a set of "Big Facts" released on 30 November by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.

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