UN urges Africa to embrace traditional crops to combat climate change
Kalro Institute director Desterio Nyamongo (left), EU policy officer Juan Manuel Velasco and Kent Nnadozie, Secretary of the International Treaty , at a media briefing. Photo Salaton Njau
10/04/2018
NAIROBI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The UN specialized agency on combating hunger on Monday urged African states to embrace traditional crops in order to combat climate change.
Wilson Ronno, Crops Officer at The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Kenya, told a media briefing in Nairobi that studies have indicated that Sub-Sahara Africa will lose a significant portion of its arable land in the coming decades due to climate change.