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Ranking Member Stabenow Applauds Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today applauded the work of the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance formed by the American Farm Bureau Federation, Environmental Defense Fund, FMI – The Food Industry Association, National Alliance of Forest Owners, National Association of State Departments of ...

Nov. 17, 2020

By U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry

Wageningen researchers share knowledge during third Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture

“Something that began in The Hague four years ago as a political discussion has since developed into a large international research community,” said Professor Martin Kropff, Rector Magnificus of Wageningen University and vice chairman of the Wageningen UR Executive Board, at the opening of the third Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture. This conference drew some 750 ...

Mar. 23, 2015

By Wageningen University and Research Centre

3rd Agriculture and Climate Change Conference

From March 24 to 26, the 3rd Agriculture and Climate Change Conference will take place in Budapest, Hungary. International researchers will present their works focusing on the impact of climate change on crop production and propose solutions to maintain and increase crop productivity in this new context. Various topics will be discussed, like effects of CO2 on plant growth, abiotic stress, ...

Mar. 18, 2019

By TIMAC Agro Italia

Biobased Products, Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture – Workshop

BGBIOM has participated in 1st International Symposium on Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture, organised on 15-16 November 2019 by Balkan Environmental Association (BENA). During the Symposiums the project ENABLING has been presented at the Participants were representatives of scientific and research agricultural institutions from the Balkan region as well as from other European ...

Nov. 17, 2019

By The National Biomass Association (BGBIOM)

South Asia gets climate-smart learning platform

A new learning platform aims to facilitate the sharing of 'climate-smart' agriculture practices that address growing concerns about food security, climate change adaptation and mitigation in South Asia. The Climate Smart Agriculture Learning Platform for South Asia was launched last month (23 April) by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Research Program on ...

May 8, 2012

By SciDev.Net

Simulating Agricultural Climate Change Scenarios using Controlled Growth Chambers

Extreme weather, believed to result from climate change and increased atmospheric CO2 levels, is a concern for many. And beyond extreme events, global warming is also expected to impact agriculture.1,2 Although it is expected that climate change will significantly affect agriculture and cause decreases in crop yields, the full effects of climate change on agriculture and human food supplies ...

Sep. 15, 2017

By Edinburgh Sensors Ltd - a division of Edinburgh Instruments

Climate Smart Agriculture: Mapping guidance on climate change

The CEIL PEAKS programme contracted GCAP to produce a report as guidance for DFID country offices on actions needed to address the predicted impacts, both negative and positive, of climate change on agriculture and the potential adaptation measures. Fourteen examples of guidance on agriculture and climate adaptation are reviewed under section headings: Framing Guidance on Adaptation; Scanning ...

Dec. 3, 2013

By Global Climate Adaptation Partnership (GCAP)

“VISCA”: Climate resilience in the wine sector

Meteosim will lead the consortium of this R&D project that has been recently granted by the EU Climate change is threatening wine-grapes (i.e. decrease of the grape quality and quantity, changes in alcohol, acid, sugar, etc.), directly affecting the European wine industry. VISCA (“Vineyards´ Integrated Smart Climate Application”) is a Climate Service (CS) and Decision ...

Feb. 17, 2017

By Meteosim S.L.

VISCA project 1st General Meeting

VISCA Project will provide a Climate Service (CS) and Decision Support System (DSS) that integrate climate, agricultural and end-users specifications in order to design medium- and long-term adaptation strategies to climate change. The project is validated by real demonstrations with end-users on three demo sites in Spain, Italy and Portugal. VISCA started officially in May 2017 for a period of 3 ...

Nov. 8, 2017

By Meteosim S.L.

Farmers struggle to adopt climate-smart methods

Preliminary results from a project aimed at helping Malawi, Vietnam and Zambia make the transition to a "climate-smart" approach to agriculture show that some farmers are struggling to adopt the new methods, while others are finding ways to cope well with climate-change problems like late rains. "To broaden the options available to farmers, we believe that increased investment, coming from both ...

Aug. 14, 2013

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Advancing agricultural adaptation and mitigation

This policy brief, published by Science, examines how agricultural science can help improve policies for climate change adaptation and mitigation. Global food production must rise to meet global food needs, but predicted increases in extreme weather events — combined with stresses such as poverty, conflict and weak governance — threaten food security. At the same time, agricultural ...

Jan. 24, 2012

By SciDev.Net

Organicology

A three-day gathering of the organic food community, including food processors and distributors, farmers, retailers, researchers, educators, chefs and policy activists. A robust agenda of educational intensives, dynamic workshops, networking and a trade show will feature informed and inspiring information and the latest scientific findings. Experts Andrew Kimbrell, Jim Hightower and Stephen ...

Jan. 6, 2011

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Congressional briefing: climate change and agriculture

Event Wednesday June 16 on Climate Change and Agriculture: Food and Farming in a Changing Climate Experts to discuss climate change impacts and agricultural adaptation strategies. What: Briefing on agricultural adaptation to climate change, featuring presentations from experts in the fields of agriculture, climate change, and economics. When/Where: Wednesday, June 16 in Washington, DC. From ...

Jun. 11, 2010

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

3rd Visca general assembly and 3rd Stakeholders workshop

The 3rd General Assembly of VISCA project, led by METEOSIM, will take place on 9th and 10th December 2019 in Barcelona. VISCA team members will meet in Barcelona to discuss about the last progresses of the VISCA project, while planning the coming challenges of the project for 2020. Also, the 3rd VISCA Stakeholders workshop will take place on 11th December 2019 in Barcelona. The event will ...

Dec. 11, 2019

By Meteosim S.L.

Towards COP21: scientists promote Climate-Smart Agriculture to tackle climate change

Climate-Smart Agriculture offers the opportunity to design best options to tackle food security as well as to reach a resilient agriculture that also contributes to mitigating climate change. This is a common conviction shared by the scientific community that convened at the 3rd Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture, held in Montpellier, France on 16-18 March 2015. Scientists ...

Mar. 18, 2015

By INRA - French National Institute of Agronomical Research

UN-backed forum to study climate forecasting and sustainable farming

More than 80 scientists, farmers, and agriculture experts from around the globe gathered at a United Nations-backed conference in Queensland, Australia, this week to work on long-term sustainability of agriculture through improvements in worldwide distribution of weather and climate projections. The two-day conference in Toowoomba, Queensland, will “identify the needs for improving current ...

May 19, 2009

By United Nations

Plant and soil scientists assemble

More than 3,500 scientists, professionals, and students presented their latest research and discussed emerging trends in agriculture, energy, climate change, environmental science, and related issues at the 2009 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), Nov. 1-5 in Pittsburgh, PA. The meeting’s ...

Nov. 9, 2009

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

ARS explores ways to keep carbon in the soil

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are testing out alternative ways of tilling the soil and rotating crops to see if they can help wheat farmers in Oregon sequester more carbon in the soil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Soil organic carbon plays a major role in how well a cultivated field holds moisture, provides nutrients and remains productive. That can be a problem in ...

Dec. 4, 2009

By The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - USDA

5 challenges that will influence food production towards 2050

Today there are 7.7 billion people inhabiting the earth. It is expected that this will increase with another 2.2 billion people till 2050, meaning that 10 billion people need to be fed in 2050. How can we feed all these people and what will food producers all over the world have to face in the upcoming years? Increase food production per acre To feed the 10 billion people that will ...

Aug. 13, 2019

By AFS Agro Flow System GmbH

Weather Underground and RainWise partner at Brazilian sustainable agriculture summitt

RainWise is a leading global manufacturer of reference-grade, innovative meteorological measurement and monitoring solutions for professional, industrial, consumer and custom applications. In business for over 41 years, RainWise is an industry pioneer with patents for the original tipping bucket rain gauge, the first digital weather station and the first wireless weather station. Director of ...

Mar. 1, 2016

By RainWise Inc.

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