We must halt
unsustainable agricultural practices and embrace mitigation strategies.
All of it and more are needed to sustain our already low organic matter levels created by years of plowing and other
unsustainable agricultural practices.
The main cause of this has been
unsustainable agricultural practices contributing to soil erosion and general environmental degradation.
Unsustainable agricultural practices have rendered soils incapable of yielding enough food to feed the hungry.
The risk of water scarcity is a direct consequence of
unsustainable agricultural practices, climate change, and growth in demand for agricultural commodities.
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Moreover,
unsustainable land use
practices, coupled with the effects of climate change, lead to land degradation, falling
agricultural yields, rise in rural poverty, land abandonment, forced migration and conflict.
This analytical document highlights policies that banks and investors can adopt to help reduce deforestation and forest degradation risks resulting from
unsustainable practices across
agricultural supply chains.
According to WWF, «
unsustainable water use
practices in
agricultural production are linked with the drying of lakes and rivers, declines in underground water levels, and rising soil infertility from a build up in salinity.»