Africa loses $68bn anually to degradation – ECA

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The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says 65 per cent of Africa’s arable land is degraded, costing the continent $68 billion annually in lost productivity.

Dr Hanan Morsy, the Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), said this in a statement posted on the Commission’s website.

Morsy spoke at the I0th Special session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment.

She said the event’s theme, ‘Raising…

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