RIO+20 AGREEMENT WILL ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
June 1st, 2012
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN RIO DE JANEIRO
AGRICULTURE ministers worldwide are digesting the details of the agreement struck at the United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which stressed the need for livestock production systems to be more sustainable.
The resulting 49 page document 'The Future We Want', commits UN member states to achieving this goal "through improving pasture land and irrigation schemes in line with national policies, legislation, rules and regulations, enhanced sustainable water management systems, and ...
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