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Professor Dr. Cemal Taluğ, the Chairperson of the Association for Agricultural and Food Ethics (TARGET), stated that agriculture plays a critical role in combating the global climate crisis, emphasizing that half of the world’s habitable land and 72 percent of its freshwater resources are used for agricultural activities.
Speaking at the “Bursa Agriculture Congress,” organized in collaboration with the Bursa Industrialists and Businessmen Association (BUSİAD), Bursa Uludağ University Faculty of Agriculture and the Bursa Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr. Taluğ drew attention to the environmental problems arising from humanity’s increasing dominance over nature.
Taluğ said that agricultural and food production accounts for 26 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, adding that agriculture is also the biggest victim of climate change.
The balance of biomass is shifting…
Referring to the striking data on the distribution of biomass worldwide, Dr. Taluğ noted, “Ninety four percent of non-human mammalian biomass consists of farm animals; 71 percent of bird biomass is made up of poultry. You cannot fight the climate crisis by ignoring agriculture. In this process, risks and uncertainties have now reached very high levels.”
“There is no jigsaw puzzle in agriculture”
Pointing out that agricultural and food ethics serve as a compass in developing a system that prioritizes human dignity and nature, Dr. Taluğ explained, “The concept of agricultural ethics was born very late in the world, but it is of vital importance today. An industrialist can switch off the power, but a farmer cannot. Therefore, as consumers, we must take ownership of and protect agriculture.”
“Technology should be at the core of agriculture, but it must be blended with ethical values. Protecting natural resources and wetlands is the shared responsibility of universities, the state, the press and citizens,” Dr. Taluğ added…
