While land degradation will not affect the global food supply, it will have dramatic effects on specific countries and subregions of the developing world. The brief identifies potential hot spots where different types of degradation, such as soil erosion, salinization, and agrochemical pollution, will eventually destroy the land, minimizing crop yields. Africa, Asia, and Latin America have the highest rates of land degradation. The brief makes several policy recommendations for managing land degradation in developing countries. These recommendations include improving financial incentives for farmers so that they properly care for their land and creating widely linked, user-friendly information systems so that farmers may obtain the data and materials they need to sustainably manage the land.
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