Halting deforestation from agricultural value chains: the role of governments
Government action in stopping deforestation, how grazing livestock can help restore degraded land, and farmer field schools all featured in reports released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at the FAO-Global Landscapes Forum digital forum Transforming agri-food systems with forests. Governments have a crucial role to play in halting deforestation so that our agrifood systems are sustainable, according to Halting deforestation from agricultural value chains: the role of governments. The report explains how this challenge presents an opportunity to transform the global food system so that both agriculture and forests benefit and it underlines the central role of governments in bringing about this transformation.
