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05/12/2015

Farming Today This Week: Agriculture and Climate Change

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Farming Today This Week: Agriculture and Climate Change

What impact does agriculture have on the climate, and how can it be managed?

Caz Graham explores the impact of agriculture on climate change with three expert guests, as world leaders meet in Paris.

Caz Graham hosts a debate about the impact of agriculture on our climate, as world leaders meet in Paris. The UN's Farming and Agriculture Organisation has said livestock farming alone produces around a fifth of the world's greenhouse gases - including methane which is produced in cows' stomachs and released into the atmosphere. We hear from one farmer who's working to reduce his carbon emissions; from an American company which is producing a food from plants that tastes like meat; and from a scientist who believes we need more livestock to bring vast areas of desert back into production. 
The guests are deputy president of the NFU Minette Batters, Emma Hockridge of the Soil Association and Nick Henry from the organisation Climate Action.
The producer is Sally Challoner.

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