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#1218332019-08-08
Where are the bees? Tracking down which flowers they pollinate
Researchers at UEA and the Earlham Institute (EI) have developed a new method to rapidly identify the sources of bee pollen to understand which flowers are important for bees.
News Headlines
#1249812020-04-02
When agriculture focuses on profit instead of food
In the mid-20th century, the so-called Green Revolution changed humanity’s relationship with agriculture. A series of technological advances in high-yielding varieties of rice and wheat seeds, along with irrigation systems and new fertilisers and pesticides – which marked the official entry of t ...
News Headlines
#1278962021-04-05
What’s the buzz? Why the cottagecore garden trend is great for bees and biodiversity
The interiors trend will also be seen outside this summer – bringing colour, life and beauty to our green spaces
News Headlines
#1312242021-10-27
What’s the beef with cows and the climate crisis?
About a third of human-caused methane emissions come from livestock, mostly from beef and dairy cattle, produced in the digestive process that allows ruminants (hoofed animals including cows, sheep and goats with four-part stomachs) to absorb plants.
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#2628COP 11
2012-10-17
What’s Cooking? Tree Diversity on Farms
Tropical agroforests are characterized by great diversity among and within tree species that is of immense value to smallholders. This event, organized by the World Agroforestry Centre, highlights the role of this diversity in promoting the health and nutrition of local people, through the provi ...
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#1255982020-11-06
What the limits of traditional accounting mean for the future of food
Traditional accounting methods do not fully capture the externalized costs of economic activities in the food and agricultural space, and this shortcoming is becoming more apparent because climate change is intensifying the focus on sustainable development. Against this backdrop, some industry o ...
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#1295942021-07-21
What is the National Food Strategy and how could it change the way England eats?
Reforming England’s food system could save the country £126 billion, according to a recent government-commissioned report. The National Food Strategy, led by British businessman Henry Dimbleby, proposes a raft of measures to shake up how food is produced and the kinds of diets most people eat.
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#1301162021-08-24
What is agroecology – and how can it help us fight climate change?
Conflict, the climate crisis and now COVID-19 are forcing people to go hungry. One in three people (nearly 2.37 billion) didn’t have enough food in 2020 – 320 million more than in 2019, according to the World Bank’s analysis of World Food Programme data.
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#1272692021-02-23
What is Organic Farming? Principles, Benefits and Pitfall
Organic farming is the buzzword in the world of agriculture. People usually believe this is a new way of farming; but it is not. Organic farming has been practiced since ancient times. In fact, earlier, there were no synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. People were more connected to nature and ...
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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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#1223092019-09-20
We Need Biodiversity-Based Agriculture to Solve the Climate Crisis
The Earth is living, and also creates life. Over 4 billion years the Earth has evolved a rich biodiversity — an abundance of different living organisms and ecosystems — that can meet all our needs and sustain life.
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#1196832019-01-30
We Created Our Insect Pests – OpEd
We tend to think of insects and bugs with the words “harmful “and “pests” unaware that worldwide, just a little bit of fraction, no more than 20 percent of all insects, cause harm to humans or damage crops.
Meeting
#3149Water for Agriculture and Energy in Africa: the Challenges of Climate Change
15 - 17 December 2008, Sirte, Libya
Meeting
#241Water Resources in Extreme Environments
30 April - 4 May 2000, Anchorage, United States of America
Meeting
#6123Water Resource Management using Internet of Things, Remote Sensing and Citizen Science (part 8) by UNESCO (16:00-17:30 CET, Paris, UCT/GMT+1)
16 March 2021, Online, Paris, France
News Headlines
#1228872019-11-06
Wasps make effective agricultural pest control
Social wasps are effective predators that can manage pests on two high-value crops, maize and sugarcane, a new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B has found.
News Headlines
#1229602019-11-11
Wasps as an effective pest control for agriculture
Common wasp species could be valuable at sustainably managing crop pests, finds a new UCL-led experimental study in Brazil.The study, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, found that social wasps are effective predators that can manage pests on two high-value crops, maize and sugarcane.
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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.
Meeting
#2114WTO Committee on Agriculture - Special Session
19 April 2005, Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting
#275WTO Committee on Agriculture
29 - 30 June 2000, Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting
#2116WTO Committee on Agriculture
2 June 2005, Geneva, Switzerland
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#1251812020-04-21
WATCH: Why farmers should take climate change seriously
When it comes to climate change there is no doubt – Mzansi’s agricultural community has seen it all. From increasing floods to devastating droughts. As if that’s not enough, our farmers are in constant combat with another threat – pests or disease outbreaks.
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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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#1238802020-01-22
Vineyards and a healthy ecosystem
What can the study and management of Oregon’s vineyards contribute to a healthy ecosystem? Quite a lot, as it turns out. Conservation, biodiversity, and habitat connectivity are the keys. With more than 35,000 acres of Oregon farmland devoted to grapes, vineyards provide an excellent laboratory ...
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#1323962022-01-11
Veg diet plus re-wilding gives 'double climate dividend'
One hundred billion tons of carbon dioxide could be removed from the air by the end of the century through veggie diets plus re-wilding farmland.
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#1264082020-12-22
Variety: Spice of life for bumble bees
The yield and quality of many crops benefit from pollination, but it isn't just honey bees that do this work: bumble bees also have a role. A team has used innovative molecular biological methods and traditional microscopy to investigate the pollen collecting behavior of honey bees and bumble be ...
Meeting
#1478VI Taller Internacional sobre la Utilización de los Sistemas Silvopastoriles para la Producción Animal
8 - 12 November 2004, Holguín, Cuba
Meeting
#342V International Congress in Management of Natural Resources
20 - 24 November 2000, Chile
News Headlines
#1192552019-01-04
Using the sun and agricultural waste to control pests
Farmers spend a lot of time and money controlling weeds and other pests, and often have to turn to chemical fumigants to keep the most destructive pests at bay. Farmers also wrestle with what to do with low-value byproducts of crop production, such as skin, seeds and hulls from fruit, vegetable ...
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#1320152021-12-02
Using less-profitable farmland to grow bioenergy crops also supports biodiversity
An analysis by Oak Ridge National Laboratory showed that using less-profitable farmland to grow bioenergy crops such as switchgrass could fuel not only clean energy, but also gains in biodiversity.
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#1197132019-02-01
Urban agroforestry in Budapest
Our edible forest garden experiment in Budapest is part of a doctoral research project on urban agroforestry. It was constructed in partnership with Budapest’s 14th District Council and the social Degrowth cooperative Cargonomia.
Notification
#30522021-01-20
United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021
Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/AS/CC/VA/89396 (2021-007)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations
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#1242192020-02-18
Understanding 100 years of farmland biodiversity loss
The agricultural sector in the Netherlands is highly advanced. We are now the world’s second largest agricultural exporter. This has had a side effect, namely a decline in farmland biodiversity over the past hundred years. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has been able to quantify this decline for t ...
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#1348022022-05-31
Uncovering best practices for cover crops to optimize crop production
Planting cover crops is a beneficial agricultural practice. One of their many benefits is to cover soil for times when farmers cannot plant cash crops like corn and soy—over the winter, for example. But it is not as simple as just growing cover crops in between growing seasons.
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#1242492020-02-19
Uganda army fights voracious desert locusts
Under a warm morning sun scores of weary soldiers stare as millions of yellow locusts rise into the northern Ugandan sky, despite hours spent spraying vegetation with chemicals in an attempt to kill them.
Meeting Document
#78952013-07-17
UNEP/CBD/WS-Syn.Afr/1/4
Opportunities for Synergies in Planning and Implementing Projects in the Framework of the Programmes of Work on Biological Diversity of Dry and Sub-Humid Lands and Agricultural biological diversity
Meeting Document
#995212014-06-05
UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/INF/22
The New Strategic Framework of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Its Relevance to the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 – 2020 and to the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
Meeting Document
#60482003-11-07
UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/9/INF/38
International assessment of agricultural science and technology for development: Final report of the Steering Committee for the Consultative process on agricultural science and technology
Meeting Document
#18922002-03-05
UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/7/INF/7
Agricultural biological diversity<br>On-farm management of crop genetic diversity: paper submitted by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
Meeting Document
#18982002-03-05
UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/7/INF/13
Agricultural Biological Diversity<br>The first report on the state of the world's animal genetic resources for food and agriculture: paper submitted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Meeting Document
#18972002-03-05
UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/7/INF/12
Agricultural Biological Diversity<br>Lessons learned from case-studies on animal genetic resources: paper submitted by the Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations
Meeting Document
#18962002-03-05
UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/7/INF/11
Agricultural Biological Diversity<br>Soil biodiversity and sustainable agriculture: paper submitted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Meeting Document
#19132002-03-05
UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/7/9/ADD1
Agricultural Biodiversity<br>The international initiative for the conservation and sustainable use of pollinators: A proposal for a plan of action
Meeting Document
#19142002-03-05
UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/7/9
Agricultural Biodiversity<br>Progress report on the implementation of the programme of work, including development of the International Pollinators Initiative
Meeting Document
#18182002-03-05
UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/5/INF/10
Agricultural biological diversity:<br>Assessment of ongoing activities and instruments
Meeting Document
#18332002-03-05
UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/5/10
Item 4.1.2 of the Provisional Agenda <br> Agricultural Biodiversity: Assessment of Ongoing Activities and Priorities for a Programme of Work
Meeting Document
#591532013-07-17
UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/4/3/CORR1
Progress Report on the Implementation of Programmes of Work on Thematic Areas: Inland Water, Marine and Coastal, Agricultural, and Forest Biological Diversity (Corrigendum)
Meeting Document
#17952013-07-17
UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/4/3
Item 3.2 of the Provisional Agenda <br> Progress Report on the Implementation of Programmes of Work on Thematic Areas: Inland Water, Marine and Coastal, Agricultural, and Forest Biological Diversity
Meeting Document
#17612003-03-27
UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/3/INF/9
Compilation of national contributions on agricultural biodiversity
Meeting Document
#17592003-03-27
UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/3/INF/7
Progress report from FAO on its policies, programmes and activities on agricultural biodiversity (Part I) and<br>Progress report on the global system for the conservation and sustainable use of plan genetic resources for food and agriculture (Part II)