USA: Climate Change likely to severely damage U.S. crop yields
Higher temperatures caused by the changing climate are likely to have a devastating effect on crop yields. Corn, soybeans and cotton are the largest three crops by production value in the US which will...
View ArticleEarth matters - Tackling the climate crisis from the ground up
The way that industrial agriculture has treated soils has been a key factor in provoking the current climate crisis. But soils can also be a part of the solution, to a much greater extent than is...
View ArticleSmall farmers can cool the planet
Small farmers can cool the planetA way out of the mayhem caused by the industrial food systemConcise data on how industrial agriculture plays a big role in the climate crisis and how diversified,...
View ArticleThe international food system and the climate crisis
Today’s global food system, with all its high-tech seeds and fancy packaging, cannot fulfil its most basic function of feeding people. Despite this monumental failure, there is no talk in the corridors...
View ArticleUSA: A dangerous sting for agriculture: climate change implicated in bee decline
The first in depth national study of wild bees in the US has established that several species have suffered a severe decline in population and range. Honey bees are important for commercial crop...
View ArticleWinter Chill: Fruit and nut trees feeling the heat of global warming
Climate change affecting safe winter chill for orchard trees. A new study says that global warming will impact fruit and nut tree productivity in Australia and globally. Most fruit and nut trees have...
View ArticleConnecting The Dots For Tomorrow’s Agriculture at COP19
CCAFS stall on agriculture, food security and climate change: Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)The Global Landscape Forum highlighted how young people are involved in sustainable agriculture.leggi tutto
View ArticleAfrica: Climate change contributing to food security and agricultural...
By Kieran Cooke. Agriculture dominates the economies of countries in East Africa: if plans aren’t made to adapt to climate change the region’s rapidly expanding population faces a grim future, says a...
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