Brussels, 23/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - EU agriculture ministers, meeting on Thursday 22 October, debated the contribution agriculture can make to mitigating climate change.
Along with forestry, agriculture is the only economic sector which emits and reduces greenhouse gases, stated Fernand Etgen, president in office of the Agriculture Council. He argued that the agricultural sector must “tackle a double challenge: that of reducing greenhouse gases while at the same time ensuring...