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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,...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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 Ha...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Expert Presents 2012 Global Weather Outlook ANALYSIS - Drew Lerner, president and senior agricultural meteorologist of World Weather, recently presented global weather expectations for 2012 to US grain farmers and livestock producers at...
Monday, January 16, 2012
FAO-EU Project to Promote Climate-Smart Farming GENERAL - FAO and the European Commission have announced a new €5.3 million project aimed at helping Malawi, Viet nam and Zambia transition to a "climate-smart" approach to agriculture.
Friday, January 06, 2012
OFC - Reduce Waste to Meet Food Demand GLOBAL - In the next 25 to 50 year food production will have to double to keep up with growing populations and growing consumption, writes TheCropSite editor in chief, Chris Harris.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Car Makers Explore Fuel of the Future GENERAL - With the earth's oil resources declining, car makers are exploring numerous options for a fuel of the future despite the current hype on electric vehicles and fuel-efficient combustion...
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Coca-Cola to Develop Plastic Bottles Made Entirely from Plants GLOBAL - The Coca-Cola Company has announced multi-million dollar partnership agreements with three leading biotechnology companies to accelerate the development of the first commercial solutions...
Thursday, December 08, 2011
Climate Change Hits African Agriculture Says Report AFRICA - New research reveals that Africa will face significantly lower crop yields in the next 10 years as a result of increasing temperatures, threatening the food security of millions.
Monday, December 05, 2011
Rabobank Report: Outlook 2012 ‘Down, but not Out’ GLOBAL - Rabobank sees agri commodity prices down, but not out in 2012.
Saturday, September 03, 2011
Nordic Universities Offer More Ag Sustainability Courses GLOBAL - Degrees in climate change and sustainability provide future opinion leaders, managers and advisers with timely and relevant research-based knowledge. Nordic universities are collaborating...
Monday, August 08, 2011
Native Seeds Crucial in Restoring Crop Diversity GLOBAL - Including seeds of local crop varieties in relief-seed packages distributed to smallscale farmers after natural calamities could help indigenous crop diversity rebound faster.
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Soya Report Highlights Environmental Threats GLOBAL - A new report published by WWF has highlighted the impact that the growing global demand for soya is having on sensitive environments around the world such as the little known Brazilian...
Monday, May 09, 2011
Global Warming: Only North America Esapes For Now GLOBAL - Global warming is likely already taking a toll on world wheat and corn production, according to a new study led by Stanford University researchers. But the United States, Canada and...
Friday, May 06, 2011
Grant to Bring Healthier Sorghum to Africa AFRICA - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and DuPont are to receive a $4 million grant from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation to bring healthier sorghum to underserved communities in Africa....
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Is Climate Change to Blame for High Food Prices? GLOBAL - If you were to throw out the question of what, if any, is the connection between climate change and the current food crisis, I suspect that many people would answer instinctively that...
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Climate Impact "Potentially Catastrophic" for Crops GLOBAL - "Potentially catastrophic" impacts on food production from slow-onset climate changes are expected to increasingly hit the developing world in the future and action is needed now to...
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Bid to Rebuild Small Seed Enterprises GLOBAL - Small seed enterprises are the best way of ensuring the availability and quality of non-hybrid seeds for food and feed crops in developing countries, according to the FAO in a policy...
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Report: Climate Change May Increase Crop Production A global population explosion and the effects of climate change are forecast to create a worldwide food shortage, but the news isn't all bad from a crop production standpoint, according to
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Soil Erosion Threatens Amid Booming Population Within 40 years, there will be around 2 billion more people - another China plus India - on Earth, according to guardian.co.uk.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Climate Change Could Push Food Prices Up 130 Per Cent Climate change could lead to shortages and 130 per cent price rises in staple foods within our lifetime, raising the spectre of riots and civil unrest, a new study warned.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Feeding the World: The Top 100 Questions for Global Agriculture Anticipating a world population of 9 billion people by 2050, agriculture faces the daunting challenge of increasing global food production by 70 to 100 per cent in the next four decades, without...
Friday, November 12, 2010
'Climate-Friendly' Crops Could Lower Eco Effects GLOBAL – Crops which reflect sunlight could help to reduce the effects of global warming, a study has suggested.
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