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Desert farming is the practice of developing agriculture in deserts. As agriculture depends upon irrigation and water supply, farming in arid regions where water is scarce is a challenge. However, desert farming has been practiced by humans for thousands of years. In the Negev, there is evidence to suggest agriculture as far back as 5000 BC. [1]
A satellite image of the Sahara, the world's largest hot desert and third largest desert after Antarctica and the Arctic. Desert greening is the process of afforestation or revegetation of deserts for ecological restoration (biodiversity), sustainable farming and forestry, but also for reclamation of natural water systems and other ecological systems that support life.
The climate of the Sahara has undergone enormous variations over the last few hundred thousand years, [49] oscillating between wet (grassland) and dry (desert) every 20,000 years [50] (a phenomenon believed to be caused by long-term changes in the North African climate cycle that alters the path of the North African Monsoon, caused by an ...
At the same time, livestock farming is affected by climate change. Farm animals' digestive systems can be put into two categories: monogastric and ruminant. Ruminant cattle for beef and dairy rank high in greenhouse gas emissions. In comparison, monogastric, or pigs and poultry-related foods, are lower.
A significant reduction in meat consumption will be essential to mitigate climate change, especially as the human population increases by a projected 2.3 billion by the middle of the century. [5] A 2019 report in The Lancet recommended that global meat consumption be halved to mitigate climate change. [104]
A 2021 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that the rise in greenhouse gases has led to more severe extreme weather. Now, Joyner is among several advocates hoping to ...
How farms can be part of the climate change solution: US Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue
The Mojave Desert is prime real estate for carbon-cutting solar farms. Not all environmentalists are on board.