UN Food and Agriculture Organization bids farewell to the Green Revolution, promotes a scientific revolution in ecological agriculture

"The food production system originating from the Green Revolution relies on massive external resources and has also made the environment pay a high price. Soil, forests, water sources, air quality and biodiversity all continue to degrade." UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva sounded the alarm, "The model of pursuing yield at all costs has not eliminated hunger, and obesity has become a global epidemic."

At the second "International Symposium on Agroecology" held last week at the FAO headquarters in Rome, da Silva, who is responsible for guiding global food and agriculture trends, told government representatives from 72 countries and more than a thousand participants: "We need to change the current system of producing and consuming food and shift to a sustainable system that can provide healthy, nutritious food and protect the environment."

"Agroecology," which balances economic, social and cultural considerations, is the key to opening the door to transformation.