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#1246232020-03-11
Road to apocalypse
If extreme climate events were to occur due to rising global temperatures, Himalayan biodiversity might collapse. This eventuality could devastate our agriculture, leading to an apocalypse for Nepal.
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#1206392019-04-04
Rémy Martin's vineyards being kept sustainable for years to come
Once you have a glass of your favourite spirit or cocktail in your hand, you rarely think about how it was produced.But climate change is a reality, as is the environmental sustainability of the crops and vineyards that we rely on for our food and drink.
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#1310992021-10-22
Saline soil: a matter of agricultural and environmental concern
On his tour to Yellow River estuary starting from Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping checked on the local government's efforts in managing the saline-alkali soil caused by sea water erosion along the coast.
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#1286442021-05-14
Save the Bees means save our food (and planet)
Let’s start with a simple fact: bees and pollinators play a crucial role for the planet, for the protection of biodiversity and for agriculture. They are an integral part of our food system because they pollinate the cultivated plants that end up as food on our tables.
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#1233472019-12-09
Saved Seeds are Seeds of Resilience
People have a right to define their own food system. This includes which seeds they use. Last week, farmers in Nakuru County, Kenya, celebrated the launch of “Ten rich, underutilized crops,” a publication and documentary that capture their efforts to promote and sustain the varieties they grow.
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#1201302019-02-27
Saving the world's most endangered food
The Ark of Taste aims to rescue traditional foods at risk of extinction. Its catalog already numbers more than 5,000 products from around the world, and is open for more nominations.
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#1310982021-10-22
Scientists Call for Policies to Buffer Agricultural Runoff
Agricultural land uses, including both crop and livestock production, are known to have myriad detrimental effects on streams and rivers. According to the EPA, agricultural runoff is a major source of surface water pollution—the excess nutrient runoff from fertilizer and livestock manure causes ...
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#1223712019-09-25
Scientists find ways to improve cassava, a 'crop of inequality' featured at Goalkeepers
Today, as world leaders gather for the UN General Assembly, hundreds of emerging leaders focused on fighting global inequality came together at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's third annual Goalkeepers event in New York City. Among them, University of Illinois scientist Amanda De Souza high ...
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#1335112022-02-24
Sea vegetables are the future of farming
Seaweed salad has never appealed to me. I was incredibly skeptical when I first read that kelp is the new kale. How could a slimy saltwater plant replace the curly crowd-pleaser that foodies take home from farmers markets in bagfuls?
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#1264792020-12-28
Seed saving movement calls for seeds to be publicly owned
Seeds need to be brought back into public ownership, rather than belonging to a small group of agrochemical companies, say campaigners, after a year in which seed-swapping and saving has reached new heights of popularity.
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#1193752019-01-15
Sheep dung: Fertilizing Rajasthan’s fields
Rajasthan’s grazing sheep help protect biodiversity and combat desertification. But nomadic pastoralism is risk of dying out due to climate change, growing populations and increasing farmland.
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#1224662019-10-01
Shifting the needle on cocoa production practices worldwide
Did you know that, typically, less than 7 per cent of the price of your chocolate bar goes to cocoa producers? Or that large amounts of global cocoa production are associated with illegal deforestation and biodiversity losses?
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#1219872019-08-22
Should We Eat Less Rice?
“Your Bowl of Rice Is Hurting the Climate Too” reads a Bloomberg headline from June.
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#1247852020-03-20
Should we abandon ‘monoculture’ farming to protect biodiversity and slow climate change?
How we farm can guard against climate change and protect critical wildlife — but only if we leave single-crop farms in the dust, according to a new Stanford study.
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#1191642018-12-21
Sicily's farmers go tropical in the face of climate change
limate change has slowly damaged traditional crops. Now farmers on the Italian island of Sicily are looking for innovative alternatives to survive and even thrive.
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#1247582020-03-20
Small ecological farms to regenerate rural areas
An ageing population of farmers, huge barriers to land ownership and an unprecedented environmental crisis sparks renewed investment in small, ecological farms.
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#1278352021-03-29
Small farms outdo big ones on biodiversity — and crop yields
Large-scale farms account for most of the global food supply, but smallholdings protect species and are just as profitable.Small farms tend to be more productive and biodiverse than large ones, and are roughly as profitable and resource-efficient.
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#1265472021-01-11
Soil erosion control requires special attention
Soil is one of the most vital non-renewable resources that many organisms on the planet depend on, as it ensures food security of the nations; so that it needs urgent attention, ISNA quoted Seyed Mohammad Mojabi as saying on Sunday.
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#1286932021-05-17
Soil is the solution
What do you think of when you hear the word “desertification”? Sand dunes slowly encroaching on bountiful farmland? The Sahara and Gobi taking over Africa and Asia?
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#1320462021-12-03
Soil — dull and dirty? Think again…
To mark World Soil Day, we’re taking a look at the humble resource beneath our feet that nourishes entire ecosystems and keeps the world fed.
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#1321472021-12-13
Solving multiple challenges while considering biodiversity and human rights
Strict social and environmental safeguards must be followed to prevent harm to biodiversity or human rights while advancing the scope of nature-based solutions in climate mitigation, a new report says.
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#1301782021-09-01
Somali Government, with the support of FAO, Launches Regional and National Food Systems Summit Dialogues
FAO Somalia and The Federal Government of Somalia have launched the first of a series of virtual regional and national Food System Summit dialogues in preparation for the United Nations Food Systems Summit, to be convened by the Secretary-General in September 2021.
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#1260642020-12-08
South Africa: Food and Clean Water Start With Soil Biodiversity - Learning More About It Is Urgent
Although soils are vital for agriculture, biodiversity and clean water, this below-ground world is often overlooked. The loss of life below the ground due to intensification of agriculture, climate change, erosion and compaction, among other things, is one of the biggest global threats to soils.
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#1312122021-10-27
South Africa: WWF Programme Seeks to Reduce Cape Wine Farms' Strain On Floral Kingdom Biodiversity
As a result of increased agricultural activity brought about by the expansion of the wine industry, the biodiversity of the floral kingdom is under threat in the Cape Winelands. A conservation programme by the WWF is now helping to ensure that wine farms decrease their impact on the environment.
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#1225632019-10-08
Sowing the Seeds of the Climate Crisis in Odisha
“Everybody is doing it. So we are too,” said Rupa Pirikaka, somewhat uncertainly.It’ is genetically modified (GM) Bt cotton seeds, now easily bought at the local market, or even in one’s own village. ‘Everybody’ is countless other farmers like her in the village of and across the rest of south-w ...
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#1333602022-02-21
Spain's ingenious water maze
Invented by the region's Moorish rulers 1,200 years ago, Valencia's irrigation system is now a model for sustainable farming.
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#1282692021-04-27
Step by step guide on disease, weeds and pest control
Any seasoned farmer knows that crop interferences brought about by plant pests, diseases and weeds can wipe out their hard work and cause significant crop loss if not 100 per cent loss.
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#1236242020-01-09
Stop soil erosion
The intricate challenges of soil management have been intensified in recent years, with a rapid global descent into a more unstable climate and an increase in intensive farming methods.
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#1250092020-04-08
Strengthening local capacities for climate-smart agriculture – Insights from Nepal
Aastha Bhusal and Laxman Khatri from the Nepali NGO LI-BIRD share their first-hand insights of how farmers are gaining knowledge of climate-smart practices and boosting their communities’ resilience in Gandaki province, Nepal.
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#1202872019-03-11
Study examines indigenous agriculture, how it could help state food problems
Basic logic demands agricultural production increase as Earth’s population grows. But the ever-expanding impacts of climate change, exacerbated by that population growth, will inevitably drive agricultural productivity downward.
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#1230602019-11-19
Study measures impact of agriculture on diet of wild mammals
Margays (Leopardus wiedii), small wild cats living in forest areas fragmented by agriculture near Campinas and Botucatu in São Paulo State, Brazil, prey on animals inhabiting nearby sugarcane plantations, such as birds and small rodents.
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#1215392019-07-11
Study: Global farming trends threaten food security
Citrus fruits, coffee and avocados: The food on our tables has become more diverse in recent decades.
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#1276972021-03-15
Sugar: a killer crop?
The delicious, sweet powder currently poses two major threats to our health and happiness. First, eating too much sugar contributes to the development of some of the world's biggest killers, including heart disease and diabetes.
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#1242582020-02-19
Survey pegs 1.5% of world's farmland under organic cultivation
Organic farming may not be mainstream yet, but it has rapidly grown in stature in the last two decades, according to a new survey. There has been a more than five-fold increase in the acreage of land under organic cultivation since the turn of the millenium.
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#1320232021-12-02
Sustainable Agriculture And A Low Carbon Future: Are We Missing Out On Mycelium?
While the world is waking up to the importance of ecosystems, and soil health, it seems that one of the most fundamental building blocks of soil, the fungal network, has been pretty much ignored to date.
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#1258062020-11-20
Sustainable Soil Management with Spectroscopy
Modern agricultural research is focused on how to feed the future population of the world. Year on year, farmers aim to generate a greater amount of food from the same resources and quickly changing environmental conditions only increase the pressure for international food supply.
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#1300012021-08-18
Sustainable agriculture is the future of farming – here’s why
It’s time to burst the bubble of the rural-urban divide: When it comes to competing against forces of gentrification and big agribusiness in the name of food equity, small farmers and urban farms have a lot in common. Here’s how two agricultural entrepreneurs are working toward common ground in ...
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#1202332019-03-06
Sustainable trade as a means to protect biodiversity
“There’s a rang-tan in my bedroom and I don’t know what to do,” the small girl says. The rang tang replies, “there’s a human in my forest and I don’t know what to do.” Does this ring a bell? It originates from an advertisement of a British supermarket chain, subsequently banned from television i ...
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#1258012020-11-20
Table for 10 Billion? Leaders to Unlock More Sustainable and Equitable Food Future
The COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated vulnerabilities in food systems – highlighting the insecurity of rural livelihoods, the tragedy of food waste, and stark inequities in access to healthy food. As the global population races to 10 billion, more needs to be done to feed the planet while tackling ...
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#1320702021-12-06
The 'agricultural mafia' taking over Brazil's Amazon rainforest
Encouraged by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and local authorities who want to see the development of agribusiness, an "agricultural mafia" is taking over the Amazon rainforest.
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#1322682021-12-22
The Critical Need for Smart Agriculture for Truly Smarter Cities
Smart cities are developing all over the world, marketing themselves as helping us innovate and become more technologically advanced as a mostly-urban species.
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#1244062020-02-27
The European Search For A Strategy To Help Both Farmers And Biodiversity
European Union member states are trying to adopt more sustainable agriculture practices, amid debates over subsidies and protests from the sector.
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#1193712019-01-14
The Honey Olive Grove: A Sustainable Solution
It has been launched on the EU platform, Climate Innovation Window, which embeds the EU Horizon2020 project BRIGAID, aimed at effectively bridging the gap between innovators, investors and end-users in resilience to floods, droughts and extreme weather.
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#1258812020-11-26
The State of Food and Agriculture 2020: Overcoming water challenges in agriculture
More than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high to very high levels of water shortages and scarcity, and almost half of them face severe constraints. Furthermore, available freshwater resources per person have declined by more than 20 percent over the past two decades, unders ...
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#1280502021-04-14
The US food system creates hunger and debt – but there is another way
Michael Fakhri, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, says the US food system is built on injustices but there is hope where people are prioritizing the right to food
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#1186952018-10-26
The Wisdom of Seeds
Have you noticed that raw carrots and celery that you buy from the grocery store are a bit tougher, requiring greater bite power than say a decade ago? This may be because those veggies have been genetically engineered to produce tougher stalks. Stiffer carrots, for instance, can be yanked from ...
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#1290402021-06-02
The brilliance of brown lawns: why your grass shouldn’t always be greener
Watering our gardens is wasteful and mowing them a nightmare for biodiversity. So is it time to embrace long, brown grass or more radical options such as patchwork lawns?
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#1258282020-11-24
The dark side of Italian hazelnut farming
As Italian hazelnut plantations expand to cater to our love of chocolate and nougat, they are leaving a bitter aftertaste on local soil, water and air.As the early morning mist clears to reveal the turrets of San Quirico Castle in central Italy, the greenery surrounding local farmhouses comes al ...
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#1243562020-02-25
The end of farming?
In the last years of the 20th century, Glenfeshie, a 17,000-hectare estate in the Scottish Highlands, was in steep decline. Decades of overgrazing by deer had reduced its hillsides to clipped lifelessness.
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#1251802020-04-21
The forward movement of organic growth
When Antony John first started growing organic produce on a quarter acre of land for restaurants near his farm in Stratford, Ontario, he met with the perplexed reactions of loan officers at the bank. “They were willing to lend us money, but you had to prove yourself to them every year with a cas ...