Wetlands seen as a key part of sustainable agriculture
The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s (CAPI) study on water and agriculture was featured in an article written by Alex Binkley, published in the Ontario Farmer on December 3, 2019. Wetlands need to be treated as an important component in sustainable agriculture systems and farmers should be encouraged to protect them for the benefits they offer, says a report from the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI). Governments need to take a lead role in demonstrating to producers the financial benefits of restoring wetlands and conservation methods to restore them, said the group research paper prepared for CAPI by Paul Benalcazar, Vivekananthan Kokulan, Alexandre Lillo and Jean-Pascal Matteau.