Hundred per cent organic agriculture is key to combat land degradation and desertification, officials of the United Nations said on Friday at the conference of parties to UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
Speaking at a session convened at the 14th Conference of Parties of the UNCCD at Greater Noida, Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw said transition to sustainable food systems is critical for a sustainable future.
The session on 'Mainstreaming Agroecology and Organic Agriculture in India and the Himalayas' was also attended by Bhutan's Agriculture and Forest Minister Lyonpo Yeshey Penjor and former Chief Minister of Sikkim Pawan Chamling.
"The transition to sustainable food and agriculture systems is critical for a sustainable future.Both Sikkim and Bhutan show with their 100 per cent organic goals that such a transition is possible," Thiaw said.
He added, "We can learn many lessons from their exemplary actions on policy making."
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