new The demand for high-quality food and improved crop yields has increased the usage of agricultural textiles. Urbanization and climatic change have an impact on crop growth, prompting farmers to adopt new textile technology to boost yield and satisfy consumer demand for food. Governments are focusing on increasing agricultural output, improving integration, and supporting innovation in supply chains to create a sustainable global food balance. — alliedmarketresearch.com, 1d ago

new Ecosystem-based adaptation, for example, can help communities adapt to impacts that are already devastating their lives and livelihoods, while also safeguarding biodiversity, improving health outcomes, bolstering food security, delivering economic benefits and enhancing carbon sequestration. Many ecosystem-based adaptation measures — including the protection, restoration and sustainable management of ecosystems, as well as more sustainable agricultural practices like integrating trees into farmlands and increasing crop diversity — can be implemented at relatively low costs today. Meaningful collaboration with Indigenous Peoples and local communities is critical to the success of this approach, as is ensuring that ecosystem-based adaptation strategies are designed to account for how future global temperature rise will impact ecosystems. — Ecosystem Marketplace, 1d ago

new ...“According to the World Economic Forum, sustainable agriculture practices must triple in order to prevent climate change. Currently, adoption is hindered by a lack of consistent and acceptable measurements at scale. Our collaboration will promote resilient agriculture beginning with smallholder farms in India and commercial farms in Brazil, and lead to further expansion worldwide,” comments Ron Baruchi, CEO of... — Future Farming, 10h ago

new Satheesh, his colleagues and tens of thousands of women farmers associated with the Deccan Development Society, pioneered the revival of millets more than three decades ago in the semi-arid villages of Medak district in undivided Andhra Pradesh. Their work inspired many others to appreciate and work on millet cropping systems, rainfed farming, social forestry, Dalit watersheds, community media and importantly, the agency of Dalit women farmers. A discourse and practice was built convincingly on millet cropping systems for regenerative agriculture, reclamation of fallow lands and employment in rural India, for nutrition security and the autonomy and sovereignty of farming communities. Importantly, it was also about millets for social equity, to allow Dalit and tribal women farmers to take a lead. The women’s... — The Wire, 7h ago

new He said this is also to promote the concept of smart agriculture, transform food supplies and value chains, facilitate strategic partnerships for business opportunities and investments in agriculture, and empower youth for sustainable food systems. — thepeninsulaqatar.com, 1d ago

new ...in support of a project developing low-cost virtual livestock fencing that would benefit farmers and animals, improve public health in developing countries and combat climate change. Virtual fencing involves equipping animals with wearable, GPS-enabled devices that discourage animals from leaving grazing areas designated by animal managers. Existing technologies, however, are too expensive for most farmers in low- and middle-income countries. The conversion of forests for agricultural purposes is a major cause of deforestation. This technology, by facilitating the introduction of rotation in cattle ranches across the globe, can take pressure off forests and bring about significant potential benefits to climate and nature by lowering emissions. — prnewswire.com, 23h ago

new ...“Developing sustainable and scalable approaches to food production near consumers is central to meeting the food needs of the planet, addressing food deserts, and positively impacting the environment. Innovation and implementation of best practices in Controlled Environment Agriculture presents a path forward to greater food production with fewer and more precise use of resources and shorter shipping distances. Further, this form of agriculture production can be implemented at different production scales across different community settings creating broader wealth building and food access opportunities, especially important in supporting high poverty food insecure communities.”... — World Wildlife Fund, 2d ago

new Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar commended the World Food Programme’s work promoting food self sufficiency and supporting government and global efforts to ensure long term solutions to hunger challenges. — siliconindia, 1d ago

new ...“Increasing weather and climate extreme events have exposed millions of people to acute food insecurity and reduced water security, with the largest adverse impacts observed in many locations and/or communities in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, LDCs, Small Islands and the Arctic, and globally for Indigenous Peoples, small-scale food producers and low-income households.”... — Covering Climate Now, 11h ago

new To date, ISHOW has supported over 200 startups from more than 30 countries. ISHOW alumni have developed affordable devices to address issues including clean combustion, crop threshing, fetal health, food waste prevention, health diagnostics, safe drinking water, and many more that address the... — Engineering For Change, 1d ago

new ...“Such exotic pests and diseases if established pose a real threat to our food production and agriculture industries, therefore biosecurity risk management through the Port of Melbourne remains a key focus. — GoAuto, 23h ago

new Algae protein can be alternative source of protein and is expected to witness increased adoption in upcoming years. Industrialized animal agriculture results multitude of problems including negative impact on environment. Animal husbandry is a leading contributor to a number of global issues, including deforestation, climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, antibiotic resistance, soil erosion and degradation, water overuse, and zoonotic diseases. Livestock contributes both directly and indirectly to climate change through emissions of green hose gases such as N... — alliedmarketresearch.com, 1d ago

new United by a shared vision and commitment to combat malnutrition and improve livelihoods through agriculture, HarvestPlus and Heifer will work together to improve the nutrition and income-generation potential of rural women and smallholder farmers. — CGIAR, 1d ago

new Improving pork productivity is key to feeding a growing world population and increasing profitability for producers in Nebraska and throughout the United States, Desaulniers said. Pork is the most consumed meat worldwide, and demand is expected to increase 37% by 2050. — thefencepost.com, 8h ago

new ...is the director of Winrock International’s Ecosystems Services Unit, a team of technical experts that develop and implement climate change solutions in the land use sector. She has over 20 years of experience in forestry, climate change mitigation and adaptation, greenhouse gas accounting, land use and land use change in over 24 countries across South America, Southeast Asia, Africa, the U.S., and the Caribbean. Katie has led a wide range of Winrock projects aimed at protecting ecosystems and biodiversity and addressing climate change, including ONE-SL and... — winrock.org, 8h ago

new In land, water, and food systems, the top options are to reduce the loss of natural ecosystems, followed by carbon farming and ecosystem restoration. The IPCC says reducing food loss and food waste has the least impact among a list of strategies. And in settlements and infrastructure, fuel-efficient vehicles, efficient lighting and appliances, transit, biking, efficient shipping and aviation, and avoiding demand for energy services show up as the least expensive options. Efficient buildings are more costly, but can deliver somewhat higher emission reductions in this decade. — Corporate Knights, 1d ago

new Small-scale poultry farming is a major source of income for many rural households in Kenya and contributes to household food security and nutrition. However, preventing transmission of foodborne pathogens such as... — Agrilinks, 1d ago

new One of the key policy challenges for ensuring freshwater protection is to find a way to maintain the connectivity, integrity and resilience of freshwater ecosystems while continuing anthropogenic activities, including generation of hydropower and irrigation among others. This challenge is made even more complex with climate change. The recently adopted Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan flags this challenge, “… recognizing the critical role of protecting, conserving and restoring water systems and water-related ecosystems in delivering climate adaptation benefits and co-benefits, while ensuring social and environmental safeguards.” Managing freshwater ecosystems with these goals in mind will require collaboration across local, regional, national, and transboundary scales. — IUCN, 23h ago

new In Burkina Faso, the establishment of banana plantations, cotton fields, and cashew and mango tree groves along major watercourses undermined livestock farming, increasing tensions between migrants from the north of the country on the one hand and herders on the other, as well as with indigenous farmer populations. The same tensions occurred in Burkina Faso’s east and Sahel regions, where since the mid-2000s new agricultural projects have encroached on traditional pastoral zones in lowlands and flooded areas. In central Mali and southwestern and northwestern Niger, the expansion of agricultural cultivation into grazing areas, livestock trails, and pastoral enclaves became a major source of conflict with farming communities. The rapid expansion of cities and rural and urban communes in regions like western Burkina Faso and in Tillaberi and Maradi in Niger added to tensions as they significantly reduced grazing areas and transhumance corridors. — PostX News, 21h ago

new ...“We’ve got to figure out how we can create more revenue streams for farmers, particularly those small and mid-sized producers,” he said, listing climate-smart commodities, organic agriculture, bio-based products and renewable energy as options for higher returns per acre. Climate-smart agriculture is a salient administration initiative. — Successful Farming, 1d ago

new ...shows that the fight against climate change is having, and will continue to have, a deleterious impact on farmers and food prices. This unfortunate fact has been demonstrated repeatedly in recent years. Fossil fuels provide the energy and technology necessary for modern large-scale food production. — Climate- Science.press, 1d ago

new ...emissions and freeing up land for ecosystem and forest restoration, the authors write. “Many agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) options provide adaptation and mitigation benefits that could be upscaled in the near-term across most regions.”... — Civil Eats, 1d ago

new ...2. For Program proposals that INCLUDE livelihoods or skills development activities IN ADDITION TO activities in other sectors (e.g. health, nutrition and food security, shelter and non-food items, protection, or education). — United States Department of State, 1d ago

new In 2022, we actively worked with growers on sustainability initiatives across roughly one million acres. Those initiatives included deploying agronomic solutions to improve input efficiency and crop productivity. We also worked on expanding techniques to improve environmental performance, including developing opportunities for our grower customers to participate in voluntary carbon markets and realize premiums for sustainable, traceable crop commodities. — The Globe and Mail, 1d ago

new The challenges faced by food systems in Africa are numerous. Agritech would look into the way foods are being produced and to be beneficial for the increasing productivity, increasing income and creating an environment that allows a sustainable primary production.The continent's fast rise in population and its vast arable land coupled with Agric businesses all over with the innovations with Agritech would exponentially propel Africa forward in 2023. — Startup Weekly, 1d ago

new FMC Corporation is a global agricultural sciences company dedicated to helping growers produce food, feed, fiber and fuel for an expanding world population while adapting to a changing environment. FMC's innovative crop protection solutions – including biologicals, crop nutrition, digital and precision agriculture – enable growers, crop advisers and turf and pest management professionals to address their toughest challenges economically while protecting the environment. With approximately 6,600 employees at more than 100 sites worldwide, FMC is committed to discovering new herbicide, insecticide and fungicide active ingredients, product formulations and pioneering technologies that are consistently better for the planet. Visit... — prnewswire.com, 1d ago

new To turn this vision into reality we need deep and lasting changes to our global food and agriculture systems to unleash the most important change opportunity in our industry in 75 years. Sea Beyond aims to address the challenges faced by the agricultural industry such as climate change. We do this by developing technological solutions that respond to the needs of agricultural production systems. The vision of Sea Beyond is to go beyond the traditional limits of the agricultural industry and bring innovative solutions that can help farmers cope with the impacts of climate change on crop productivity. — European Seed, 1d ago

new UM6P prioritises research and innovation relevant to Morocco and Africa by focusing on topics such as industrialisation, food security, sustainable development, mining, behavioural and social sciences. — Eco-Business, 1d ago

new The authors also emphasize the importance of considering human livelihoods and well-being when developing forest protection strategies and interventions. “Any new measures to protect mountain forests should be adapted to local conditions and contexts and need to reconcile the need for enhanced forest protection with ensuring food production and human well-being.”... — Lab Manager, 1d ago

new EIT Food supports entrepreneurs across Europe, driving innovation to meet the big food challenges we face, and to create a healthier, more trusted and sustainable food system. — eitfood.eu, 1d ago

new Felzensztein holds the Reh Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership at Clarkson. His work is highly cited by his practical impact on small firms and entrepreneurship policies in Latin America. Currently he is working on new impactful research on how entrepreneurship can be a vehicle for poverty reduction in Latin America and other emerging economies, which is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for ending poverty and improving people's life. — clarkson.edu, 1d ago

new Continuous advancements in the technology used in agriculture have led to a shift in farming practices. With the increased export and import of agricultural commodities across different geographies, especially in developing regions, new types of harmful organisms have emerged, leading to an increase in the demand for novel active ingredient products to safeguard crops. Globalization of the agrochemical industry greatly impacts the Asian crop protection markets. With the highest population growth rate, increasing the need for food production, and economic growth, the demand for various agrochemicals, such as herbicides and pesticides, is increasing. — marketsandmarkets.com, 1d ago

new Dana Impak is a US$1.34 billion (RM6 billion) commitment over 5 years and is a key pillar under Khazanah’s Advancing Malaysia strategy, seeking to invest across six themes based on issues and challenges facing the nation, that include Digital Society and Technology, Quality Health and Education for all, Decent Work and Social Mobility, Food and Energy Security, Building Climate Resilience and Competing in Global Markets. — PostX News, 2d ago

new Groundwater Rejuvenation As Climate ChangE Resilience for marginalized and gender sensitive GangeS (GRACERS). GRACERS aims to produce feasibility maps for decentralized groundwater recharge in the Ganges basin that will enable storing of monsoon rainfall for dry season water access. These maps will seamlessly fit into the recommendation plans of bigger projects, currently undertaken by the Governments of India and of Bangladesh. The project findings have helped in sensitizing the gender-sensitive groundwater issues and have proposed sites and methods to increase groundwater recharge. — iitb.ac.in, 1d ago

new ...is the world’s most widely grown non-cereal food crop, produced in more than 100 countries worldwide. Potatoes are abundant, resilient, cheap, and versatile yet, according to PoLoPo, are an underused food source. PoLoPo says its potato-to-protein pathway offers commercial scalability since plants require relatively low investment to grow and are amenable to upscaling by common agricultural practices. — Green Queen, 1d ago

new California is a recognized leader in the biotechnology sector and is well-poised to ramp up biomanufacturing in the state as a complementary industry in agricultural regions such as the Central and Imperial Valleys. JBEI is working on technologies to convert forest thinnings generated by healthy forest efforts, bioenergy crops, farm residues, and other biomass wastes into high-value bio-based products and sustainable aviation fuels. This could offer new economic opportunities for farmers and rural communities in California, and throughout the west, and an opportunity to diversify and strengthen local economies. JBEI collaborates with farmers and rural industry in California to conduct studies of sorghum and other bioenergy crops in field tests. — Scientific Computing World, 2d ago

new Water is essential for human well-being, energy and food production, healthy ecosystems, gender equality, poverty reduction and more. — TodayHeadline, 1d ago

new The focus was on accelerating the development and commercialisation of technology in key areas like high-value wood product manufacturing, bioplastics, sustainable construction, forestry management, wood processing, biofuel and waste-to-value initiatives. — scionresearch.com, 1d ago

new The USDA delegation visit underscored the importance of the U.S.-Vietnam agricultural relationship, including the two countries collaboration on climate smart agricultural practices and initiatives, and their work strengthening bilateral agricultural trade and promoting U.S. farm and food products to Vietnamese importers. — USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 2d ago

new Moreover, given that many young people with disabilities rely on school based social protection (such as school feeding programmes and social assistance for education payments), school closures increased poverty and food insecurity. — The BMJ, 1d ago

new .... Yet developing countries are demonstrating that decisive climate action is possible. Through the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) partnerships with countries and communities across the world, we are witnessing visionary leadership. For instance, Bhutan, Viet Nam, and India are leading on the adoption of electric vehicles. Kenya and Uruguay are now running on 90% renewable energy sources. And Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries are notably taking far-reaching climate action despite a constrained fiscal space and a... — UNDP, 1d ago

new Noura Hanna: Deforestation is the biggest cause of carbon emissions in the production of a bag of coffee. In recent years, the coffee industry has prioritised fighting deforestation. Apart from the devastating effect of climate change on farmers’ livelihood and our planet overall, climate change is also a threat to the future supply of coffee. — Satelligence, 2d ago

new Boost efficient livestock systems, improve cropland management, agroforestry, coastal defense and hardening, and reduce conversion of natural ecosystems, reducing food waste and loss. — asisonline.org, 1d ago