2006年04月05日
ENS美國,紐約報導;蘇家億編譯;莫聞審校
Africa Seeks Solutions to Degraded Soil
Severe degradation of Africa's farmland is widespread and threatens to further impoverish the continent, according to a study released Thursday at a planning meeting for the Africa Fertilizer Summit that attracted three present or former African heads of state. The report says some 75 percent of farmland on the African continent is severely degraded and rapidly losing the basic soil nutrients needed to grow crops.