The U.N. is working with 1,000 agricultural universities around the world to introduce a new curriculum in land restoration for creating a large pool of experts in land restoration, Muralee Thummarukudy, director, G20 Global Initiative Coordination Office, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), has said.
He was addressing an interactive session on Agricultural Education and Research in Globalised World at the College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara, recently.
An expert, who has implemented response projects in more than 30 countries, he explained projections using different statistical data.