RIYADH: A recent study by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology designed a new blueprint to reduce the impact of land degradation worldwide.
The Saudi university is aiming to reverse the growing threat of land degradation, and improve food and water security, social stability, and biodiversity.
The study was published in the international multidisciplinary science journal Nature, and puts forward a number of solutions to reverse the trajectory of land degradation by 2050.
One of the recommended methods involves increasing production and consumption of seafood in order to reduce the pressure that agriculture places on land.
Another is to lower food waste by 75 percent — with the study noting that one-third of food produced is wasted at a cost of more than $1 trillion annually.
