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#1214092019-06-26
Natural biodiversity protects rural farmers' incomes from tropical weather shocks
A big data study covering more than 7,500 households across 23 tropical countries shows that natural biodiversity could be effective insurance for rural farmers against drought and other weather-related shocks.
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#1213512019-06-18
China moves to protect its crop biodiversity
A wider range of crop varieties would decrease fertiliser and water use, reduce soil pollution and help insects.
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#1212892019-06-12
Poor nations could be future ‘guardians’ of agrobiodiversity
Developing countries are better than richer nations at promising to protect important agricultural species in the future, but do less well in safeguarding existing biodiversity.
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#1210952019-05-20
Celebrating the greatest of all pollinators—bees
When animals and insects pick up the pollen of flowers and spread it, they allow plants, including many food crops, to reproduce.
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#1209982019-05-09
A wake-up call on proprietary seeds
How India can shift its agriculture from a high-yield ideal to a high-value one
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#1209212019-05-02
Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content - study
[NEW DELHI] Arsenic contamination in rice poses a serious health risk in many parts of the world. But an international study has shown that husking rice before parboiling reduces arsenic content, potentially lowering the risk of cancer.
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#1207892019-04-17
16 foods that are good for you - and the planet
Agriculture is already one of the biggest contributors to global warming. The greenhouse gases released in the form of methane from cattle and rice farms, nitrous oxide from fertilized fields, and carbon dioxide from deforestation to make space for crops and livestock, add up to more emissions t ...
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#1208122019-04-17
Pour nourrir l'Europe en 2050, des prairies et moins d'élevage intensif
En adoptant une agriculture agroécologique basée sur la suppression des intrants chimiques, la baisse de l'élevage intensif, et une augmentation des prairies et de l'élevage extensif, l'Europe parviendrait à nourrir «durablement» ses 530 millions d'habitants en 2050, conclut une étude publiée ce ...
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#1207752019-04-15
A manifesto for survival
The third Western Ghat Manifesto seeks to trigger a debate on ecological concerns of the biodiversity hotspot which sustains southern peninsula.
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#1207372019-04-11
How To Feed 530 Million Europeans With Sustainable Food By 2050
On the bright side, the European food system provides 4.2 million jobs in Europe, feeds more than 500 million Europeans, and its greenhouse gases emissions have decreased 20% since 1990. But the social and environmental impacts of the European food system is alarming.
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#1207232019-04-10
How much nature is lost due to higher yields?
Around 80 percent of land area in Europe is used for settlement, agriculture and forestry.In order to increase yields even further than current levels, exploitation is being intensified.
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#1206862019-04-09
New pathways for sustainable agriculture
Hedges, flowering strips and other semi-natural habitats provide food and nesting places for insects and birds in agricultural landscapes. This also has advantages for agriculture: bees, flies, beetles and other animal groups pollinate crops and control pest insects in adjacent fields.
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#1206602019-04-05
Agroecology mitigate climate change in agriculture
Our intensive agriculture plays a key role in the changing of climate by releasing different gases and volatile compounds in air and in soil. This climate change has serious threats on human being as well as plants.
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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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#1206412019-04-04
Empowering family farmers is key to achieving Zero Hunger in Southeast Asia
Innovation, access to rural credit – particularly for women – and improvements to rural social protection programmes are important tools to help family farmers in Southeast Asia improve their livelihoods and become more food secure, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FA ...
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#1205512019-03-28
China and India are making a greener Earth
Human efforts are producing a greener Earth. But the news is not all good, because some of the greening comes from fertiliser pollution.
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#1205602019-03-28
Nigeria: 'Those Claiming Organic Agric Can't Feed Nigeria Are Ignorant'
Dr Olugbenga AdeOluwa is the Vice-President of the Association of Organic Agriculture Practitioners of Nigeria (AOAPN). He spoke with Head of Agro-Economy Desk, FEMI IBIROGBA on what organic agriculture implies, how it can feed the growing population and dangers inherent in genetically modified ...
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#1204882019-03-25
New publication examines consequences of groundwater depletion to agriculture
A new Council of Agricultural Science and Technology, or CAST, paper examines the causes and consequences of groundwater depletion throughout the U.S. with a focus on how this will affect agriculture—the largest sector of groundwater use.
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#1203632019-03-14
Biodiversity key to sustainable food production
The Food and Agriculture Organization recently released a report on the State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture. Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture refers to plants, animals and micro-organisms that sustain the ecosystem structures and processes to provide food and non-food ...
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#1203372019-03-13
What do gardens bring to urban ecosystems?
"A healthy community requires healthy soil." This idea spurred a consortium of researchers, farmers, and community garden practitioners to dive into the challenges -- and opportunities -- of urban agriculture. Their efforts, now in a second year, may highlight how urban soil can be a resource fo ...
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#1202862019-03-11
How reduced biodiversity leads to the slow loss of foods we love
Last week, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization released a landmark report, stating, “There is a real risk of the plant and animal species that provide our food, fuel and fibre (as well as the many animals, insects and micro-organisms that make up crucial parts of the food chain ...
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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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#1202892019-03-11
A Set Menu for Europe? Building a Food Policy that Brings Everybody to the Same Table
The European Union urgently needs a common food policy to build sustainable food systems, says a recent report from the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food). This shared policy would provide a common direction for food and farming systems in the Union, which suf ...
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#1202242019-03-06
Growing need for food is reason for more biodiversity
Deep within southern Ethiopia’s agroforestry landscapes, where farmers grow grain and keep cattle, sheep, goats and donkeys, researchers counted more than 4,100 birds as part of an assessment on agricultural productivity and biodiversity.
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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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#1202352019-03-06
Italy’s olive oil crisis: extreme weather and disease caused last harvest to drop by 57%
Italy’s olive oil production could be drying up and supplies exhausted within a month, after the industry experienced a concerning 57 per cent drop in production last year.
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#1202112019-03-05
Disappearing rice fields threaten more global warming
All over China, a huge change has been taking place without any of us noticing. Rice paddies have been (and are being) converted at an astonishing rate into aquaculture ponds to produce more protein for the worlds growing populations. This change risks creating an unexpected impact on global war ...
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#1202142019-03-05
Droughts, extreme weather and empowered consumers mean tough choices for farmers
The National Farmers Federation wants to lift the value of Australian agricultural production to $100 billion by 2030.While that might be possible – on the current trajectory it is forecast to reach $84 billion by 2030 – we should be mindful of the substantial, and sometimes painful, reforms tha ...
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#1201842019-03-04
Regenerative agriculture can make farmers stewards of the land again
For years, "sustainable" has been the buzzword in conversations about agriculture. If farmers and ranchers could slow or stop further damage to land and water, the thinking went, that was good enough. I thought that way too, until I started writing my new book, "One Size Fits None: A Farm Girl’s ...
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#1201852019-03-04
Biodiversity: Africa’s key to food security and sustainable livelihoods
Unfolding events all over the world are pointing in one direction; that is the imminence of climate change which may prove irreversible. The timing, magnitude of impacts and places where impacts would be felt might vary, but climate change has proven to be inescapable. Choices before nations and ...
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#1201942019-03-04
Biodiversity crisis: Technological advances in agriculture are not a sufficient response
Rapid population and economic growth are destroying biological diversity—especially in the tropics. This was reported by a research team led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
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#1201442019-02-28
Egypt- FAO warns of biodiversity loss, praises biodiversity-friendly practices
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warned in a recent report that the biodiversity of food and agriculture in the Arab region is under serious danger. This is the first-ever report to analyse the state of plants, animals, and microorganisms that support food and agricultural production ...
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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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#1201322019-02-27
The future of food: scientists, chefs, dietitians on the push for a radical new diet
Scientists have recently advocated a shift to the planetary health diet (or flexitarianism) to halt the widespread environmental damage done by the food production industry. But what would these new diets look like in practice and how much of a change do they entail?
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#1200892019-02-26
Beneath the surface: South Africa’s food system is in trouble
The deep flaws in the way in which we produce our food were brought into sharp focus during a drive from the Lowveld to the Highveld. South Africa’s food system is in trouble but I’d be the first to admit that it’s not a message that’s immediately easy to credit. On the surface, we appear to hav ...
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#1200902019-02-26
Identifying common ground for sustainable agriculture in Europe
Agriculture is critical to achieving many Sustainable Development Goals. New research from Lund University shows that researchers, policymakers, and farmers in Europe currently have different, often conflicting, priorities for sustainable agriculture. The researchers propose a way forward built ...
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#1201032019-02-26
How Crowdsourcing Seeds Can Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change
In Ethiopia and other developing nations, scientists are working with small-scale farmers on trials to see which seed varieties perform best in changing conditions. These initiatives are enabling farmers to make smarter crop choices in the face of rising temperatures, drought, and more extreme w ...
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#1200752019-02-25
Biodiversity declines threaten world food production, warns United Nations
A drop in global biodiversity is putting our ability to produce food at risk, a new United Nations report warns. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, biodiversity in food and agriculture “is indispensable to food security and sustainable development.”
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#1200782019-02-25
'Terrifying’: There’s a rapid loss of biodiversity that’s placing global food supplies at risk of ‘irreversible collapse’
A groundbreaking report by the United Nations highlighting the rapid, widespread loss of many of the world’s plant and animal species should be on the front page of every newspaper in the world, argued climate action and food access advocates on Friday.
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#1200602019-02-22
UN: Growing threat to food from decline in biodiversity
The plants, animals, and micro-organisms that are the bedrock of food production are in decline, according to a UN study.
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#1200282019-02-20
Wake Up and Smell the Organic Coffee
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 20 2019 (IPS) - In 1992, the idea of replanting her father’s ruined coffee farm seemed foolhardy at the time. But in retrospect it was the best business decision that Dorienne Rowan-Campbell, an international development consultant and broadcast journalist, could have made.
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#1200292019-02-20
European farms could grow green and still be able to feed population
Research shows loss in yields could be offset by reorienting diets away from grain-fed meat
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#1200142019-02-19
Towards a “Great Food Transformation”
Unsustainable food systems are threatening human health and environmental sustainability. We need to change the way we farm—and our diets. There are more of us, we’re getting wealthier, and we’re demanding more protein-rich foods, such as meat. In the long run, this is simply not sustainable.
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#1200162019-02-19
Bees brought Bavarians together. And they have a lesson for us all
Last week, Bavarians forced their state legislature to change farming policies with the most successful petition in the state’s history. And while the law proposed by the petition covers a range of measures, it’s no surprise that campaigners’ rallying cry quickly became “save the bees”.
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#587717th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
18 - 22 February 2019, Rome, Italy
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#1199892019-02-18
Will biodiversity become the new organic?
There are signs more actors in the food system are focusing more on biodiversity to try to make their businesses more sustainable. just-food's US columnist Victor Martino explores.
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#1199912019-02-18
Even without GMOs, Uganda can beat food insecurity, New FAO boss
Uganda is a country with a huge potential when it comes to agriculture. It’s blessed with a lot of water and fertile soils which can guarantee sustained production and food security. But when we look at the statistics in terms of food and nutrition, we realise that there is still a lot of work t ...
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#1200022019-02-18
Virtual fences, robot workers, stacked crops: farming in 2040
It is 2040 and Britain’s green and pleasant countryside is populated by robots. We have vertical farms of leafy salads, fruit and vegetables, and livestock is protected by virtual fencing. Changing diets have seen a decline in meat consumption while new biotech production techniques not only hel ...
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#1199682019-02-15
Prickly pears: 'humble' cactus brings hope to Algeria
For generations Algerians like the Gueldasmi family have barely eked out a living growing prickly pear fruits, but thanks to the cactus's new found virtues their lives are steadily improving."Now, my future is here. There is no need to go abroad" to find work, said Fethi Gueldasmi, 40, whose fam ...
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#1199732019-02-15
How to eat to save the world
There is not a country in the world that is not grappling with the serious health and environmental consequences of its citizens’ diets. There has to be a better way to feed everyone well and sustainably.