How to Preserve 500 Million Hectares of Land
How to Preserve 500 Million Hectares of Land
June 4, 2015
Climate Change
Food Security
Land Use & Biodiversity
Soil
Water
To keep up with global food demand, farmers are working to produce more food on existing farmland rather than cultivate wild habitats. Without the help of crop protection products and biotech crops, we would have needed to cultivate an extra 506 million hectares of land for farming since 1975 – that’s half the size of Australia! Check out our animated GIFs to see how: