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Thursday, 1 November 2018

Four More Cows Culled in Scotland to Test for BSE

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Mad cow disease Testing is underway to determine if four more cows might be infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) on a Sc...

How 19 drystock farmers are contract rearing over 2,000 dairy heifers and making up to €1,400/ha

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The contract rearer needs to be technically efficient, an excellent grassland manager and aware if the benefits of reaching target weight...

World hunger continues to rise due to climate extremes, UN warns

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The reports calls for the promotion of sustainable, healthy diets  The number of undernourished people in the world has increased to an...
Wednesday, 31 October 2018

Agroecology could feed Europe without pesticides by 2050, study

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The study calls for more hedges, trees and stony habitats European agriculture could shift entirely to agroecological farming, abandonin...

Global hunger for soybeans 'destroying Brazil's Cerrado savanna'

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Global hunger for soybeans 'destroying Brazil's Cerrado savanna' The Cerrado savanna is an area in Brazil the same size as W...
Tuesday, 30 October 2018

UN Human Rights Council adopts peasant rights declaration

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Peasant farmers are the backbone of our food systems The UN Human Rights Council (OHCHR) has passed a resolution adopting a declaration ...
Monday, 29 October 2018

Images speak at the farmers' Dialogue on Quality seeds advocacy held at the Man Power Development Institute, Dutse, Jigawa state. Sponsor by PERL-DFID.

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Pictures speak at the farmers' Dialogue on Quality seeds advocacy held at the Man Power Development Institute, Dutse, Jigawa state. Sp...

Empowering Africa’s rural women will help fight hunger, study

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Women are the backbone of rural production (Photo: CC0) If women have the same access to skills, resources and opportunities as men, the...
Sunday, 28 October 2018

We can feed 10 billion people by 2050 within planetary limits, study

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 global shift towards healthy and more plant-based diets is needed (Photo: CC0) Feeding a world population of 10 billion people by 2050 ...
Saturday, 27 October 2018

Scientists urge rapid and radical changes to limit global warming

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Global warming will increase the intensity and frequency of droughts (Photo: CC0) Limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require rapid an...