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it was very hard to read all this information in yours format?
can you change your text by few paragraphs?
anyway, project big and interesting!

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it was very hard to read all this information in yours format?
can you change your text by few paragraphs?
anyway, project big and interesting!
New horizons. Fresh perspectives. Bright future.
Revolutionary cryptocurrency, reliability of which is backed by land

About the NEOLANDS project
Innovation with the shape of the future
NEOLANDS is a unique platform for implementation of promising and profitable projects at the world level.
The project purpose is to create a reliable cryptocurrency backed by land as well as a megacorporation on the basis of its own developed infrastructure including plants, factories, enterprises and a comfortable hotel for the NEOLANDS token holders.

Providing tokens with land will allow maintaining the price without a steep decline, slumps and changes. Our NEOLANDS token will constantly build up land areas and in the future all projects will be divided into the same tokens which will give them value and allow the NEOLANDS to receive dividends.
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yeah, i think you must syncronize  but its good  project i think,hope will run smoothly and surely this will be huge success in the future.
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yeah, i think you must syncronize  but its good  project i think,hope will run smoothly and surely this will be huge success in the future.
Yes, you can imagine how much you can grow on earth and, for example, enrich
A tree that brings profit from the root to the crust
Everything that grows on the tree of the walnut, brings profit: leaves, bark, branches and especially wood, which is very expensive. The nut is used in the manufacture of briquettes, as well as the abrasive materials required for grinding engines. Wood of walnut is used in the furniture industry, the production of aircraft and automobiles. The price of a walnut tree can reach 1500 euros per cubic meter. In the long term, only walnut wood can generate revenues of about 450,000 euros per hectare. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2998913.60
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ooh such very impressive,ill be looking forward to see more update of this project
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I am already working on such project, in the process of purchasing an acre of land in a remote area.... i think this would be the future as soon the technology will be killing us...

Why do you need a village?
Can you imagine the pleasure - to wake up early in the morning in silence, go to the cottage porch, stretch, breathe in the cool clean-clean air with an indescribable linden-birch-manure-meadow-field aroma village street, hear a belated cock, lazy moo wandering grazing Cows to the accompaniment of menacing cries and clicks of the shepherd's whip? And then barefoot feet set foot on the soft grass in a scorching cold dew? And then run to the river and flop down with a run into its refreshing coolness!
Ask an educated Internet user if the village needs a modern society? The user, looking up from the computer, looks up in surprise: village? In what sense? If as an object of exotic travel to the distant past, it is necessary. It is interesting to see with my own eyes the primitive adaptations used by ancestors in everyday life, it is interesting to follow the peasant work, how many labors cost food, clothing, care for livestock. Why do we need barns, barns, cellars, labazy, what is a yoke, cinch, reins?
But the village as a social structure is certainly an obsolete element. At best, the need townships with comfortable living conditions for those who produce today, using cutting-edge technology, consumer products, which previously did the village, barely coping with the growing needs of the city.
The logic is iron. But let's try to dig deeper. For example. The opportunity to live life without leaving the boundaries of not only the city but also for the volumes of a modern skyscraper in which one can be born, grow, get education, find a job, form a family, grow old, die and be buried already exists. Do not see the mountains, the sea, the fields, the forests, the rivers for all of life ... In pursuit of comfort, all the same, do not bend the stick. Humanity can and will create a planted area at the level of the twentieth floor, but it smells of paranoia. Comfort becomes the destroyer of human harmony with nature. The absorber of all conveniences invents ever more sophisticated kinds of electronic supports to a man, as a result of which a person becomes an appendage of the comfort industry and a helpless being. Imagine for a minute,
Or maybe it is necessary? More comfort, more amenities - more free time for wiggling and self-improvement! It is logical, but in the processes of the type "Higher and higher and higher" need to think and a reasonable limit to the end the pursuit of better not turned fruitless attempt to build the Tower of Babel.
Yes, comfort is needed, but it is desirable that the forces of the mind are not distracted by taking out the trash away from precious time. But on the other hand, how to do without these annoying costs? Anyway, someone has to do a black job? Of course, you can also try to minimize it. Can. But even there there is a reasonable limit. What determines a reasonable limit? Yes, those are the very laws of nature that we can not change. For example, the seed sprouts and ripens in the ear for a hundred days. And though you can break a cake, you can not change the terms. No, of course you can influence, in two ways. The first way: to help grow the seed without disturbing the inherent harmony, the second way: to accelerate growth by any means.
If you look a little wider, humanity in an effort to ease your life as a result only complicates it, forgetting that any process is a double-edged sword. I forgot about the second end or he was neglected, you will get this end over the head.
They forgot about the village. And it seems, well, what's the trouble? Modern technologies require a different lifestyle. The village with its patriarchal way of life must die. Here is a typical mistake of one-sided approach to the problem. And in fact the village has another destination more important than food production destination. The village provides the necessary connection of a person with the land, with nature, with its laws, with its harmony. The village is a constant reminder to a person about the need for a strong connection with the land. The people without the village - Antei cut off from the ground. The modern village is the Achilles heel of civilization.
And the trouble is not that modern children of megacities for the time being are convinced that all products grow in supermarkets, and money for ice cream can always be taken from a cash dispenser. The trouble is that in the absence of pickles and cockroaches, when watching the growth of grass and dandelions in childhood, harmony in the interaction with nature is lost in the generations. Man begins to seem that he is the ruler of everything and everything and builds only to him, he will get what he wants.
But that is not all . The village of its existence suggests that you can not flatter modern technology. Give the town dweller a taste of milk from the supermarket and the village and he will unmistakably determine what is tastier. The same can be said about any product produced in the village: it is tastier and better than the industrial product. Yes, it is not only tastier, rustic product, it is useful, and even healing. Look at the Old Believers, who voluntarily abandoned civilizational benefits. They do not get sick and live up to 120 years. Of course, food is not the main means of longevity, but compliance with moral principles, but the quality of their food is not in the last place, either.
The village while she is alive reminds that the earth is a nurse, who requires love and care, and not a slave who unquestioningly produces food products on orders. That the earth is the mother, who also makes a man hardworking, kind, appreciating her beauty. That the village is the beginning of all beginnings in the civilization process of mankind. The roots of this process. The village is the first necessary step from simple to complex. It's from simple feelings that are born more complex and subtle, and not vice versa. Simple songs, simple thoughts, simple conversations - a fertile soil for a culture sublime. On this basis grows painting, music, poetry, literature. Without a village, there would be no Leonardo da Vinci, Lomonosov, Pushkin, Mozart
You can imagine a country consisting only of villages and hamlets, but try to imagine a region entirely covered only by cities!
The city, like culture, is a civilizational superstructure above the foundation-the village. The foundation will be destroyed, the destruction of the superstructures.

What are the pluses in the village that can help businesses get on their feet?
• Support of business by local authorities.
It should be noted that entrepreneurial activity in the village is supported by the state, up to the investment of the initial stages.
• Availability of motivated employees.
As you know, the unemployment rate in the village is quite high.
Therefore, when you open your business and create new jobs, the demand for them will be high - guaranteed.
The selected people will try to work conscientiously, so as not to lose the "feeder".
• Low cost of renting premises for production or land for construction in villages.
• Availability of natural resources necessary for the development of certain business sectors.
Given the above pluses for business, you can make an unambiguous conclusion: the countryside is suitable for the implementation of agricultural projects. Another fairly sensible approach is to organize large-scale production.
What are the disadvantages of business in the countryside?
• Of the main drawbacks of the idea of ​​opening a business in the village, one can note the lack of a client base. Considering this factor, it is necessary to establish the ways of selling the products in advance.
How can you use the advantages of business in the village and what to do about the problem of selling the goods?
What business can you open in the village?
To find ideas for business in the village will help the question: "How do the villagers earn their money?":
• Sale of vegetables that were grown in the garden or in small greenhouses.
• Realization of meat of domestic animals - poultry, large cattle, pigs.
Milk and other derived farm products, such as eggs, wool.
• Gardening.
Finding the best place for growing fruit than a village is a rather difficult task.
• Beekeeping.
To open your apiary is not only profitable, but also prestigious, because all bee products are very popular nowadays.
• Fisheries.
A fish pond will be required for breeding fish, which requires large areas and optimal climatic conditions.
• Pet food.
• Silage, hay, fodder vegetables used in farms.
This is not a complete list of services and products that business produces in the village.
What is the most important thing?
Orient on the localization of the village, natural conditions predisposing for a certain kind of entrepreneurship.
• Ecotourism Ecotourism
Examples
Ecotourism is not a new direction in the global business. But this is still a real novelty!
It can not be denied that MOLDOVA is rich in beautiful landscapes. To use nature for the sake of one's own enrichment is a very sensible idea.
The best way to organize ecotourism is to create an online service where you can collect groups of tourists.
Mostly, customers will be residents of large cities who want to see the beauty of your country, and just relax from the tiring labor days and the heavy air of civilization.
A huge plus of ecotourism is minimal investment
... It is very important to be able to choose a successful route that will impress customers and make them repeatedly resort to your services.
Business in the village is a huge choice, the main desire and everything will turn out.
My plans

I want to launch the ICO and the project together with it.
And for this I need partners.
I do not propose to create another bench.
I propose to create a real product that we are able to do, and put most of the effort into a beautiful package.
And we will not evaluate it with you and with people in the market.

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question?
The topic is of course important.
But how does the crypto currency refer to this issue?
Pow and Pos technology and stuff?
answer:
The most direct! Attraction of investments through cryptory. Fundraising for business development. And then you can release your crypto currency, which is to back up the cost of meat or fish, or where the bias will go. It is also possible to put the village in complete independence, in the sense of: electricity-windmills, for heat-biogas, wells, etc., etc. The idea of ​​investing crypto currency into the world of the phyto is very interesting and is discussed now. After all, such investments can serve as an impetus for not likely projects.
The aim of the project is to restore the infrastructure, to save the village from extinction. To do this, we need to create the first crypto currency in Moldova, collect a team to create a token and implement the project ...


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Eco-settlement is a conceptual pilot project for the development and
development of small areas of Moldova.

Project Description:
This is a pilot project, an experimental site where an algorithm for the development of small territories will be implemented, road maps will be developed, standard solutions will be developed for replicating similar projects based on the principles of landscape and urban urbanization.
A low-rise settlement is being designed and created, in which the reproduction of a biologically healthy population capable of developing a culture is ensured in the continuity of generations, with the preservation and development of biocenoses, where the infrastructure of people's living and economic activities is organized.
Ecolabel implies not only the improvement of the human environment in harmony with nature, but also the ecology of consciousness, social relations.
Ecological village absorbs the comfort of the city and the proximity of nature inherent in the village. This is a qualitatively different level of organization of people's lives. Due to the ecological, innovative approach and variety of forms of activity of small enterprises and industries in the village, the village is economically self-sufficient, attractive for residents and tourists.
The settlement is supposed to create high-quality roads; electricity, heat, high-speed Internet, telephone connection. It is also planned to create a kindergarten, schools, libraries, cultural centers, storage facilities, guest parking, administrative buildings.
Within the framework of the settlement, more than 15 small enterprises and industries will be created, which will provide a permanent place of work for their residents, and will also ensure the economic self-sufficiency of the village. Will be built 100 000 sq.m. housing. It is planned to populate 1000 families, 2000 jobs will be created.
The main principles that underlie - safe integration into the natural environment, rational use of human capital, effective cooperation in the external economic space, creating conditions for the prosperity of the institution of the family.
What to do in eco-settlements:
1. Natural activities
Growing plants as food is the most natural activity for a settler. Modern technologies will make it possible to obtain products from the territory of the patrimonial estate, both for self-sufficiency and for sale. Considering that environmentally friendly products have good demand and are valued in Europe, surpluses can be fully supplied for export. The cultivation of food is of particular importance for the eco-settlers, even if they can provide themselves with some other work. Eco-friendly food products grown in their ancestral estate are an essential part of a healthy lifestyle for eco-settlers.
1) Cultivation: vegetables, fruits, berries, nuts, greens
2) Cultivation: mushrooms
3) Cultivation: cereals.
4) Growing of medicinal plants, tea, natural sugar substitutes.
5) Production of biohumus. All-the-year-round production makes it possible to revive the fertility of soils several times faster.
6) Greenhouses. All-year-round pr-in all types of vegetables and fruits, greens, flowers.
7) Production of bio-compost, soil mixtures.
Cool A careful collection of replenished forest gifts - walnut, berries, mushrooms, resin, birch sap, moss, medicinal plants, etc.
9) Growing valuable microalgae (spirulina, chlorella)
10) Growing flowers, ornamental plants
11) Fruit nurseries
12) Seed production
13) Breeding and keeping pets. Breeding animals for slaughter, especially mass, does not agree with the ideology of a harmonious symbiosis of man and nature. Therefore, the maintenance of animals for the purpose of obtaining dairy products, eggs, wool, for transport, the protection of estates, the control of harmful insects, rodents, etc. is presumed.
14) Breeding and fishing are possible
15) Beekeeping
16) Dairy farming
17) Production ( otzhim) essential oils from walnut, seeds.
18) Growing of aromatic plants for the production of natures. perfumes, fragrances, etc.
19) Growing of plants for making yarns and fabrics (nettle, flax, cotton, etc.)
20) Collection of pet hair.
21) Collection of valuable minerals, therapeutic clays, mud, sapropel.
22) Procure clean water from natural sources
23) Breeding elite breeds of horses, dogs and other animals.
24) Harvesting, growing of the forest
2. Processing, preservation and storage of food products

Research, development and mass introduction of the best methods of storage of products, especially those that do not require energy consumption, are necessary.

25) Drying, preservation of fruit and berry and vegetable products
26) Making juices, drinks
27) Bakery, bakery.
28) Cheese factory
29) Manufacture of dairy and lactic acid products
30) Production of natural sweets
31) Production of macaroni products
32) Fast freezing of berries, mushrooms and other products. Storage of products (glaciers, underground, freezing boxes)
33) Bee products production
34) Kulag manufacture
35) Production of dry breakfasts, nut mixtures, muesli, snack.
36) Club canteens, taverns, pancakes, teas, etc.
37) Production of natural teas, medicinal dues.
38) Production of biscuits
39) Production of products based on sprouted seeds.
40) Production of semi-finished products (mixture for soups, vareniki, etc.)
3. Medicine

Medical research should be conducted towards the realization of a healthy lifestyle, which will be facilitated by material security, lack of fears and stresses on the basis of the struggle for survival, healthy clean food, healthy natural nutrition, clean air, water, powerful bioenergetics of the plant world, the spiritual development of settlers .

41) Phytotherapy, phytoapitherapy
42) Bioenergetics, yogic practices, improvement
43) Naturopathy
44) Valeology, research on the conduct of a healthy lifestyle
45) Organization of recreational relaxation
46) Medical gymnastics, massage
47) Rule
48) Healing baths, mud, water, clay etc.
49) Hardening, walrus
50) Restoration of sight, full of health
51) Elimination of dependencies, fears
52) Treatment with insects - bees, ants, etc.
4. Sports

53) sports sections, schools in various areas
54) swimming pools
55) court, sports. trampoline
56) equestrian sport
57) ski base, ice rink
58) martial arts club
59) flight club
60) fitness center, sports bar
5. Construction

61) Development and construction of eco houses, utility rooms, warehouses, infrastructure facilities, facilities for the organization of tourism and other activities.
62) Construction of roads, sports tracks on eco-binders.
63) Construction of water supply facilities, water storage: wells, wells, ponds, etc.
64) Drilling pits for fences, trees, water wells
65) Bridging communications: electricity, information networks, etc.
66) Wooden housing construction, cutting of bathhouses, wells, arbors, etc.

6. Small-scale production

In principle, any small production is possible that does not pollute or destroy the natural environment. Small-scale production can be carried out on the outskirts of the settlement, providing for this purpose appropriate areas, given the wind rose. Among them there are a number of necessary for self-maintenance of the village.

67) Construction of eco houses. Manufacture of products, materials, building structures for eco-houses, mobile buildings
68) Woodworking: boards, timber, block-house, lining, production of carpentry, furniture from natural wood. etc.
69) Manufacturing of solar, wind power, bioreactor, and other power plants. Installation, commissioning and launching them on site.
70) Manufacture of tools and products for restorative land use.
71) Manufacture of soap, detergent bio-agents, toothpastes, cosmetics based on natural ingredients, micro-organisms, without chemicals.
72) Manufacture of boats, including sports, sailing.
73) Manufacture of fabrics on a natural basis of flax, nettle and other plants.
74) Sewing production. Knitting tapestries, carpets, sewing blankets, etc.
75) Manufacturing of electronic products, automatics for eco houses, greenhouses, cellars, warehouses, etc.
76) The maintenance of vehicles. Development of new, environmentally friendly modes of transport
77) Assembly of velomobiles, electric cars, tour. trailers and the like.
78) Environmental car wash
79) Ceramic production
80) Small food production, flour, cereals, puffed products, bakery, processing of s / p
81) Eco-friendly packaging production
82) 3D print production
83) Build paragliders and other light aircraft.
84) Manufacture of sports inverters, balloons
85) Manufacture of natural paints and protective coatings of wood from wax, resin, natural minerals and biocomponents.
86) Manufacture of medicinal products from gum, oils, herbs, bee products, needles, etc.
87) Production of fuel briquettes, pellets from sawdust and other organic materials.
88) Manufacture of products from peat, sawdust, straw, etc.
89) Glass-blower, glass production
90) Manufacture of dishes, goods made of ceramics, clays, lawsuits. stone.
91) Manufacture of articles of artificial marble
92) Production of eco-plywood, dsl on natural binders
93) Production of natural wallpaper from vegetable raw materials
94) Production of parquet, terraced board from nature. tree and natures. composites.
95) Furniture production.
96) Manufacture of mattresses, pillows from vegetable / animal raw materials.
97) Sewing of author's models of clothing, linen, beautiful and healthy clothing from linen, etc.
98) Production, sewing of sports and tourist equipment, tents, suits, and other goods for tourism and recreation.
99) Manufacture of doors, windows, frames, greenhouses, greenhouses from the finished profile, wood, etc.
100) Masonry of stoves, fireplaces, etc.
101) Assembling of electrical products
102) Manufacture of building materials, blocks, dry mixtures, etc.
103) Production of roofing materials, shingles, shingles, etc.
104) Production of decor. stone, trot. stone, tiles, etc.
105) Waste treatment.
7. Tourism

Activities related to green tourism can become a serious source of income. Tourists can be attracted by a healthy lifestyle, ecological cleanness of the terrain, beautiful landscapes, nature, lifestyle, distance from industry, clean food, rest on the water, in the forest, etc.

106) green tourism
107) health tourism
108) organization of leisure, festivals, rallies
109) sports: horseback riding, kayaking, bicycles, scuba diving, hang gliding, paragliding, parachute jumping, kiting, snowkiting, skiing, etc.

8. Transportation

110) Transportation of residents and visitors of eco-settlements
111) Cargo transportation
112) Special transport services for land, construction, cleaning roads from snow, etc.
113) Courier services, delivery from the city
114) Organization of eco-transport between settlements.
9. Consumer cooperation

115) Consumer society. Residents of cities are scattered and therefore they overpay traders for their retail. Joint purchase of products, goods, services directly from manufacturers or wholesalers costs up to 10 times cheaper than purchasing at retail. To unite for these purposes is very profitable.

Project status: the project is in the stage of start-up.




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Can agriculture and the climate fix their 'unhappy marriage' in 2018?
Thin Lei Win
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ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After René Castro-Salazar attended the first U.N.-led climate talks in Berlin in 1985 as Costa Rica’s environment and energy minister, he tried to talk about agriculture and climate change - but few wanted to join the conversation.

“There was always opposition - and we couldn’t understand why,” said Castro, now assistant director-general at the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

To him, the need to tackle the topic was clear.

Agriculture, forestry and other land uses together account for nearly a quarter of the greenhouse gas emissions heating up the planet, according to the FAO.

Cutting these is essential if the world is to keep global temperature rise to a manageable level, said Castro.

Farms and forests can also store large amounts of carbon, and simple actions by all countries could result in immediate environmental benefits, he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

In the early years, the climate negotiations focused on reducing emissions from the energy sector - the largest emitter - while the relationship between agriculture and climate change was not fully understood.

Later on, poor states feared discussing the linkage would result in obligations for them to curb emissions from farming. Rich nations worried they would have to pay for poor farmers to adapt to a changing climate.

At November’s climate talks in Bonn, the stalemate was finally broken, with nations agreeing to move forward on issues related to agriculture and climate change.

“There is now clearly the political will to see this resolved,” said Margarita Astralaga, director of environment and climate at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

Many hope it will lead to the development of farming systems that are more resilient to weather extremes and can feed a growing population whose diets are shifting to more meat and dairy, without corresponding increases in emissions.

Andy Jarvis, research director at the Colombia-based International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), describes the relationship between climate and agriculture as an “unhappy marriage”.

“(They) are absolutely intertwined and completely connected to each other but actually pretty antagonistic,” he said, pointing to how crops are battered by climate extremes while farming emissions exacerbate global warming.

“OFF THE RAILS”
Scientists have warned that world temperatures are likely to rise by 2 to 4.9 degrees Celsius this century compared with pre-industrial times.

This could lead to dangerous weather patterns - including more frequent and powerful droughts, floods and storms - upping the pressure on agriculture.

Curbing climate change will require overhauling the world’s food production and distribution system, which is “off the rails”, said Olav Kjørven, chief strategy officer at the Oslo-based EAT Foundation.

Hunger is on the rise, biodiversity is being lost and poor diets now pose a bigger threat to human health than alcohol and tobacco, said Kjørven, a former senior U.N. official.

Educating consumers will be key to changing that, especially in developed economies where there is high consumption of red meat, responsible for more emissions than other types of food, he said.

“People vote three times a day for a food system they want, in terms of the food they buy. There is enormous power there,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

EAT has commissioned scientists to produce a report next spring about what constitutes a healthy diet in a sustainable food system.

FAO’s Castro said making water usage more efficient - 70 percent of the world’s freshwater goes into agriculture - and rehabilitating 2 billion hectares of degraded land could deliver quick wins.

Livestock, meanwhile, account for nearly two-thirds of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, but combining trees, crops and animals in “silvopastoral” systems can offset some of those emissions and boost the quality of pasture, he added.

In Brazil, a major beef exporter, state agricultural research agency Embrapa is testing this practice, he added.

Another challenge is to boost food production without damaging forests, said IFAD’s Astralaga.

Agriculture is responsible for more than three-quarters of global deforestation, and if the trend continues, about 10 million square km of land will likely be cleared by 2050, she noted.

A 2016 report from the FAO said it would be possible to increase food security while maintaining or increasing forest cover, identifying 22 countries - including Gambia, Chile, Tunisia and Vietnam - that have managed to do so.

IN THE KNOW?
To duplicate such practices, especially in the developing world, will require sharing of knowledge, experts say.

Yet many nations still lack meteorological information that can improve crop and livestock production, said FAO’s Castro.

“They don’t know if the rain is coming ... if a drought is coming. They’re blind in terms of agricultural planning,” he said.

Much of the information they need is available, said Jarvis. CIAT and the International Food Policy Research Institute are leading a push to use “big data” in agriculture, and get it into the hands of poor farmers in places like Colombia and Honduras.

“As a result of that information, (you can) make much more strategic decisions in terms of when to plant, how to plant, what variety to plant,” he said.

Another pilot run by Microsoft and the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics sends text messages and automated calls to tell Indian farmers when to sow their seeds or warn them of a pest attack.

But more investment and political will are needed to expand such projects, Jarvis said.

EAT Foundation’s Kjørven said the world has “barely started to fight this battle” to make agriculture greener - and the coming few years will be decisive.

“The real test is whether we start to see countries passing different legislation, businesses and industries coming up with different ways of doing business in the food sector, and changes in consumer preferences and choices,” he said.

Reporting By Thin Lei Win, Editing by Megan Rowling and Belinda Goldsmith; Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, corruption and climate change. Visit www.trust.org

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