United Nations
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has urged farmers to take steps for preventing soil erosion by stopping conventional ploughing and using more sustainable practices instead. "Intensive land cultivation methods using tractors and ploughs are a major cause of severe soil loss and land degradation in many developing countries,' FAO officials said.
The alternative promoted by FAO, called
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