United Nations Ocean Conference: Mobilizing the Global Community to Protect the World’s Oceans

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The first-ever United Nations Oceans Conference was held earlier this year in June, attracting more than 6,000 government officials, institutions, and civil society organizations to discuss the challenges facing the world’s oceans. Coinciding with United Nations Oceans Day, the five-day conference concluded with a global Call for Action to reverse the decline of the ocean’s health, and more than 1,300 pledged actions for protecting the global resource.

Livestock: ASAN-NIAS meets on global practice

Cross Section of ASAN-NIAS 6th Annual Meeting

The sixth annual meeting of the Animal Science Association of Nigeria (ASAN)/ Nigerian Institute of Animal Science (NIAS) commenced yesterday at Abuja with the theme “sustainable livestock production for national development” as association members and other stakeholders brainstorm on a way forward using standard and quality improvement by both private and government sectors’ intervention through capacity building, effective use of new technologies and acceptability of new innovations to attracting market demand.

The World’s Smallest Garden is Created in New York City

The World’s Smallest Garden

Nate Littlewood and Rob Elliott have created The World’s Smallest Garden, a device which turns an empty bottle into a hydroponic garden.

Jocelyn Zuckerman: “The most important topic is the health of the planet.”

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Jocelyn C. Zuckerman is a freelance writer and current fellow with the Washington, D.C.-based Alicia Patterson Foundation. She will be speaking at the inaugural New York City Food Tank Summit, “Focusing on Food Loss and Food Waste,” which will be held in partnership with Rethink Food Waste Through Economics and Data (ReFED) and with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and The Fink Family Foundation on September 13, 2017.

This Company is Bringing Gardening into the 21st Century

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Seedsheet, a Vermont-based agri-tech company, just made it to the eighth season of Shark Tank. The business accepted a US$500,000 offer from Shark Tank cast member Lori Greiner.

Vegan Balls and Certified Salmon: Sustainable Food is on the Menu at IKEA

Sustainable Food

Global furniture and home goods retailer IKEA publishes a Sustainability Report each year to present progress, challenges, and new goals on the path to increased sustainability.

BCFN Alumni Series: Charlotte Payne on Edible Insects and Food Security

Edible Insects

Charlotte Payne studies the environmental, health, and socio-economic impacts of using insects as food with the Department of Zoology at Cambridge and the Department of Population Health at Oxford. Working in collaboration with others at Rothamstead Research Institute and the University of Ouagadougou, Payne is developing methods to combat food insecurity in Burkina Faso through breeding a popular edible caterpillar species.

Bié - Czech Republic NGO Hands Over Cattle to Trumba Peasants

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Forty-one heads of cattle were handed over Tuesday to the peasants in the villages of Trumba commune, 50 kilometers north of Cuito, cetral Bié province, by the Czech republic non-governmental organization People In Need (PIN), under the programme for livestock farming.

Preserving Indigenous Farming Knowledge and Practices

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On the 2017 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the United Nations is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

Ruth Oniang’o, Chair of the Sasakawa Africa Association, wins the Africa Food Prize

AFP winner Hon Prof Ruth

Hon Professor Ruth Oniang’o, Chair of the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) and Sasakawa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE), has been awarded the 2017 Africa Food Prize, in recognition of her role as a leading voice on nutrition in Africa.