Crop Industry News By Category: Environmental
Sunday, May 05, 2013
Time for Change: Sustainability Events for Businesses
GLOBAL – As companies become more focused on sustainable practices, an innovative proposition for businesses has emerged that offers unique global insight into business sustainability and hands-on...
GLOBAL – As companies become more focused on sustainable practices, an innovative proposition for businesses has emerged that offers unique global insight into business sustainability and hands-on...
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
What Will Weed Resistance Cost You This Year?
ANALYSIS - For farmers in the northern hemisphere, it’s about time for planters to start rolling. While seed decisions were likely made months ago, herbicide decisions are usually a wait-and-see...
ANALYSIS - For farmers in the northern hemisphere, it’s about time for planters to start rolling. While seed decisions were likely made months ago, herbicide decisions are usually a wait-and-see...
Monday, March 25, 2013
Looming Threat of Water Scarcity
ANALYSIS - Last Friday - 22 March - was World Water Day. It is held each year as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of...
ANALYSIS - Last Friday - 22 March - was World Water Day. It is held each year as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of...
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Importance of Sustainability Growing for Food Industry
ANALYSIS - Sustainability is becoming a major item for the food industry around the world, as resources become more restricted and demand grows....
ANALYSIS - Sustainability is becoming a major item for the food industry around the world, as resources become more restricted and demand grows....
Monday, March 18, 2013
Balancing More Food, Energy with Less Pollution
ANALYSIS - As the global population grows to an expected 9 billion people by 2050, the need to produce more food and energy with less pollution is becoming more and more critical, writes Chris...
ANALYSIS - As the global population grows to an expected 9 billion people by 2050, the need to produce more food and energy with less pollution is becoming more and more critical, writes Chris...
Monday, March 04, 2013
Loss of Wild Insects Hurts Crops Around the World
GLOBAL - Researchers studying data from 600 fields in 20 countries have found that managed honey bees are not as successful at pollinating crops as wild insects, primarily wild bees, suggesting...
GLOBAL - Researchers studying data from 600 fields in 20 countries have found that managed honey bees are not as successful at pollinating crops as wild insects, primarily wild bees, suggesting...
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Monsanto Acquires Agradis, Inc. to Support Work in Agricultural Biologicals
GLOBAL - Monsanto Company has purchased select assets of Agradis, Inc. (Agradis), a privately held company focused on developing sustainable agricultural solutions. ...
GLOBAL - Monsanto Company has purchased select assets of Agradis, Inc. (Agradis), a privately held company focused on developing sustainable agricultural solutions. ...
Friday, January 25, 2013
Think, Eat, Save: FAO, UNEP Launch Global Campaign on Food Waste
GLOBAL - Simple actions by consumers and food retailers can dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tonnes of food lost or wasted each year and help shape a sustainable future, according to a new global...
GLOBAL - Simple actions by consumers and food retailers can dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tonnes of food lost or wasted each year and help shape a sustainable future, according to a new global...
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Can Agriculture Meet the Challenge of Feeding Nine Billion People?
GLOBAL - Your challenge, or maybe it is the challenge of whoever succeeds you on your farm, is to produce food in sufficient quantities to feed three billion additional people 40 years from now....
GLOBAL - Your challenge, or maybe it is the challenge of whoever succeeds you on your farm, is to produce food in sufficient quantities to feed three billion additional people 40 years from now....
Thursday, January 10, 2013
World Wastes 2 Billion Tonnes of All Food
GLOBAL - A call has gone out for urgent action to prevent 50 per cent of all food produced in the world ending up as waste. ...
GLOBAL - A call has gone out for urgent action to prevent 50 per cent of all food produced in the world ending up as waste. ...
Friday, December 28, 2012
Investment in Research Growing
ANALYSIS - Global investment in agricultural research and development is growing, but some of the poorer developing nations are more vulnerable to volatility of funding than the more developed...
ANALYSIS - Global investment in agricultural research and development is growing, but some of the poorer developing nations are more vulnerable to volatility of funding than the more developed...
Monday, November 26, 2012
Growing Populations and Wealth Changing Food Demand
ANALYSIS - The growth of the global population to reach over nine billion by 2050 is expected to change global consumption, supply and demand patterns for food, writes Chris Harris....
ANALYSIS - The growth of the global population to reach over nine billion by 2050 is expected to change global consumption, supply and demand patterns for food, writes Chris Harris....
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
GHG Emissions for Agriculture Must be Addressed
GLOBAL - Amid population growth and escalating food demands, two global analyses have determined that climate change mitigation and adaptation are equally critical for global food security....
GLOBAL - Amid population growth and escalating food demands, two global analyses have determined that climate change mitigation and adaptation are equally critical for global food security....
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Can the World Beat Global Food Price Spikes?
ANALYSIS - Weather conditions have been driving force for the three food price spikes that the world has experienced in the last five years, writes Chris Harris. ...
ANALYSIS - Weather conditions have been driving force for the three food price spikes that the world has experienced in the last five years, writes Chris Harris. ...
Monday, September 17, 2012
How to Limit Water Use and Still Feed the World?
ANALYSIS - It is nothing new - global water resources are becoming scarcer, and there is increasing competition between agriculture and other industries. However a new report, The Global Water...
ANALYSIS - It is nothing new - global water resources are becoming scarcer, and there is increasing competition between agriculture and other industries. However a new report, The Global Water...
Monday, August 27, 2012
Drought, Shortages, Rising Food Prices for World Water Week
ANALYSIS - This week is World Water Week - a week when governments, environmental organisations, industry and agriculture is turning its attention to the importance of this vital resource, writes...
ANALYSIS - This week is World Water Week - a week when governments, environmental organisations, industry and agriculture is turning its attention to the importance of this vital resource, writes...
Friday, August 17, 2012
Bayer CropScience Completes Acquisition of AgraQuest
GLOBAL – Bayer CropScience announced today the completion of its purchase of AgraQuest, Inc., a global supplier of innovative biological pest management solutions. ...
GLOBAL – Bayer CropScience announced today the completion of its purchase of AgraQuest, Inc., a global supplier of innovative biological pest management solutions. ...
Monday, June 18, 2012
No Single Solution for Water, Food Security
GLOBAL – Examples of how water use can be managed successfully to feed a growing world population can be found in locations as diverse as Nebraska and India, but there’s no one-size-fits-all...
GLOBAL – Examples of how water use can be managed successfully to feed a growing world population can be found in locations as diverse as Nebraska and India, but there’s no one-size-fits-all...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Wheat Yields are Levelling Off, Even in Some Developing Countries
GLOBAL - Wheat yields have levelled off in many countries around the world, even in regions of greater food insecurity such as India and Bangladesh, say researchers in the US....
GLOBAL - Wheat yields have levelled off in many countries around the world, even in regions of greater food insecurity such as India and Bangladesh, say researchers in the US....
Monday, June 11, 2012
Food Production in 'Race Against Time'
GLOBAL - Humanity is in a “race against time” to produce enough food to feed itself, hampered by a false sense of comfort that set in over the last few decades when food supplies generally...
GLOBAL - Humanity is in a “race against time” to produce enough food to feed itself, hampered by a false sense of comfort that set in over the last few decades when food supplies generally...
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Winners Emerging from the Global Economic Crisis
ANALYSIS - While the US economic recovery is continuing, it is slowing. There has been increasing consumption and increasing residential investment, but with falling non-residential investment,...
ANALYSIS - While the US economic recovery is continuing, it is slowing. There has been increasing consumption and increasing residential investment, but with falling non-residential investment,...
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Want to Guess How Much Food Is Tossed in Landfills?
ANALYSIS - In the US, 67,000,000,000 (yes, that's 67 Billion) pounds of food made its way into landfills in 2010 alone, writes Sarah Mikesell, TheCropSite senior editor. ...
ANALYSIS - In the US, 67,000,000,000 (yes, that's 67 Billion) pounds of food made its way into landfills in 2010 alone, writes Sarah Mikesell, TheCropSite senior editor. ...
Friday, April 13, 2012
Living Under the Shadow of Pesticides and Antibiotics
ANALYSIS - In the livestock sectors there has been great concern recently over the use of antibiotics both as therapeutic measures and also as growth promoters, writes Chris Harris. ...
ANALYSIS - In the livestock sectors there has been great concern recently over the use of antibiotics both as therapeutic measures and also as growth promoters, writes Chris Harris. ...
Friday, March 30, 2012
Food Versus Fuel - The Debate Continues
ANALYSIS - Food versus fuel is the alliterative catchphrase we're hearing more often, and as the global population increases, the need for more sustainable sources of fuel rises, writes Gemma...
ANALYSIS - Food versus fuel is the alliterative catchphrase we're hearing more often, and as the global population increases, the need for more sustainable sources of fuel rises, writes Gemma...
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Global Investment in Sustainable Agriculture Needed
GLOBAL - An independent commission of scientific leaders from 13 countries have released a detailed set of recommendations to policy makers on how to achieve food security in the face of climate...
GLOBAL - An independent commission of scientific leaders from 13 countries have released a detailed set of recommendations to policy makers on how to achieve food security in the face of climate...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
CropWorld North America 2012 Kicks Off
GLOBAL - CropWorld North America 2012 kicked off today in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, with speakers addressing policy challenges, new technologies, regulatory issues as well as sustainability...
GLOBAL - CropWorld North America 2012 kicked off today in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, with speakers addressing policy challenges, new technologies, regulatory issues as well as sustainability...
Monday, March 26, 2012
McDonald's Suppliers Make Progress Addressing Global Challenges
GLOBAL - McDonald's has announced its 2012 Best of Sustainable Supply Chain winners by highlighting 51 stories of supply chain partners addressing challenges to help improve food sources, the...
GLOBAL - McDonald's has announced its 2012 Best of Sustainable Supply Chain winners by highlighting 51 stories of supply chain partners addressing challenges to help improve food sources, the...
Monday, March 19, 2012
New Study of Global Freshwater Scarcity & Agriculture's Impact
GLOBAL - A new report analyzing water consumption in 405 river basins around the world found that water scarcity impacts at least 2.7 billion people for at least one month each year....
GLOBAL - A new report analyzing water consumption in 405 river basins around the world found that water scarcity impacts at least 2.7 billion people for at least one month each year....
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Action Needed to Cut Water Pollution from Farming
AUSTRALIA - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) governments have made little overall progress in reducing water contamination from farming over the past decade, says...
AUSTRALIA - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) governments have made little overall progress in reducing water contamination from farming over the past decade, says...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Sustainable Intensification to Meet Growing Demand
ANALYSIS - Growth in the global population of 35 per cent by 2050, with 70 per cent of this population living in urban areas will produce greater and greater demand for food, writes Chris Harris. ...
ANALYSIS - Growth in the global population of 35 per cent by 2050, with 70 per cent of this population living in urban areas will produce greater and greater demand for food, writes Chris Harris. ...
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