Africa: France Plans to Lobby for Agricultural Tech At Cop 21

25 March 2015

France plans to lobby for a deal on farming during the international climate negotiations it is hosting in December - a move that could boost funding for agricultural research in developing countries.

Laurence Tubiana, a French climate negotiator, told participants at the Climate-Smart Agriculture conference in Montpellier, France, last week (16-18 March) that she would lobby countries at COP 21 (the 21st Conference of the Parties) in Paris to commit to cutting carbon emissions by improving farming technology.

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