Development banks have spent over US$1 billion on factory farming in Africa, locking in high greenhouse gas emissions. Natural farming systems are a better choice.
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Research Fellow in Population Health, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Climate Science, University of Oxford
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DPhil Candidate, Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Oxford
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Economist in AI and Work, University of Oxford
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Emeritus Professor, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
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Einstein Professor for the Comparative Study of Democracy and Authoritarianism, Humboldt University Berlin, and Director, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS); University of Oxford
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Cognitive Archaeology and Archaeoacoustics, University of Oxford
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Gallagher Research Fellow in the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford
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Supernumerary Fellow, Archaeology, University of Oxford
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Oxford
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DPhil Student in Anthropology, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Natural History, University of Oxford
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Associate professor, University of Oxford