WASHINGTON, Apr 9 (OneWorld.net) – “If fundamental climate change mitigation and adaptation goals are to be met, international climate negotiations must include agriculture,” appeals an international food policy think tank.

• Farmers in Haiti. © FrizzText (flickr)“We are at the point where the negotiations are going to put in place new mechanisms for the next five to 15 years and it’s critical that agriculture be included this time around,” said Gerald Nelson, senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  
• Agriculture must be on the agenda of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) negotiations in Copenhagen this December because global warming has a significant impact on food production, agriculture can help mitigate climate change, and poor farmers will need help adapting to changing temperatures, writes IFPRI (see full report below).

via Global Climate Talks Must Address Agriculture | OneWorld.net (U.S.).