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Tag Archives: Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO – Agriculture’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Originally posted on Trade News in Brief:
? For the first time FAO has released its own global estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU), contributing to the Fifth Assessment Report of the…
The homogenisation and globalisation of diets
Originally posted on One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?:
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that some 75% of the diversity of cultivated crops was lost during the 20th Century and, by 2050, we could lose…
Posted in agriculture, food, horticulture, human health, money and trade
Tagged Africa, America, Asia, cassava, city, climate, conservation, crop, crop diversity, crop variety, development, disease, Europe, Food and Agriculture Organization, food safety, genetic diversity, grain, human, iodine, iron, law, micronutrient, millet, neglected crop, nutrition, pest, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, population, potato, prosperity, research, rice, rye, seedbank, staple food, sugar beet, sugar cane, sweet potato, trade, tuber, Vitamin A, wheat
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Knowing what’s on the land
The Global Land Cover Network (GLCN) exists to bring together all that’s known about what’s covering the land, everywhere there is land to be covered. This very ambitious project involves the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and others. … Continue reading
Posted in knowledge transfer
Tagged climate, data, development, Food and Agriculture Organization, food security, land use, map, planning, sustainable, vegetation
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Neglected and underutilised species
The New Agriculturalist tells us about neglected and underutilised species. ‘Variety is said to be the spice of life and to make our lives more interesting. And yet, worldwide, a significant proportion of the global treasure chest of plant biodiversity … Continue reading
Posted in food, human health, knowledge transfer
Tagged biodiversity, biotechnology, breeding, conservation, corn, crop, crop variety, development, domestication, extinction, food, Food and Agriculture Organization, food security, genebank, genetic diversity, genetic modification, grain, history, human, knowledge, maize, neglected crop, nutrition, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, population, research, rice, seedbank, selective breeding, staple food, wheat
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Why not feed insects to other livestock?
Here in Britain, our Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) coordinates PROteINSECT. This is about farming insects (entomoculture) as a source of protein for animal feed. FERA is part of our Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). I’m … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, food, miniculture
Tagged aquaculture, arthropod, bird, black soldier fly, chicken, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, development, dipteran, disease, disease transmission, egg, entomoculture, entomophagy, feed, food, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food and Environment Research Agency, food safety, food waste, housefly, insect, International Livestock Research Institute, invertebrate, larva, law, livestock, manure, meat, microlivestock, milk, poultry, research, technology, vertebrate, waste, welfare
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Greenhouse gas emissions from livestock could be cut by 30%
Mark Tran at the Guardian tells us about a new report from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Apparently, FAO says that greenhouse gas emissions from livestock could be cut by up to 30% if farmers adopted better … Continue reading
The invisible extinction of forest genetic resources: Can trees survive?
We need trees. We really need trees but they’re disappearing, often without people making enough fuss about it. Valerie Gwinner at the Center for International Forestry Research warns us of ‘invisible extinction’ threatening the genetic diversity of trees across the … Continue reading
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