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Africa: 'Carbon Farming' Makes Waves At Stalled Bonn Talks
2013-06-15 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: U.N. climate talks have largely stalled with the suspension of one of three negotiating tracks at a key mid-year session in Bonn, Germany. Meanwhile, civil society organisations claim the controversial issue of "carbon farming" has been pushed back onto the agenda after African nations objected to the use of their lands to absorb carbon emissions. At the Bonn Climate Change Conference this week, Russia insisted on new procedural rules. That blocked all activity in one track of negotiations called...
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It is vital to reinvigorate organic farming research
2013-06-11 14:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDev.Net: Organic farming can deliver food sustainably, but only with compelling science to boost its use, argues Ged Buffee. With increased yields and ecological stability becoming critical concerns for agricultural development, there's hope that organic farming can anchor agro-ecological sustainability. The stakes for organic agriculture have never been higher, yet the convincing research that could drive its future is absent, deficient or not competitive compared with the evidentiary-based research...
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Report Highlights Consequences of Intensive Farming Practices
2013-05-31 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The intensification of modern farming is an increasing hazard for human health. That is the stark message of a new report released by Compassion in World Farming and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA).
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Reinventing Farming For A Changing Climate
2013-05-24 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Scientists say climate change could increase pests and weeds, lengthen growing seasons and turn dry soil to dust. Farmers are already on the offensive, adopting no-till cropping methods to conserve water and experimenting with different seeds. And scientists are using a technique called gene silencing to develop new cropswithout tinkering with the plants' DNA.
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Future of Zoonosis Linked to Farming and Environment
2013-05-24 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL – As agriculture intensifies and climate changes, so too will the risk posed to us by zoonotic diseases.
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