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Agriculture more resilient to global crisis than other sectors

Because food is a basic necessity, the agriculture sector is showing more resilience to the global economic crisis than other industries. But the risks could increase if the economic downturn deepens, according to a new report by the OECD and FAO released today. Falls in agricultural prices and in the production and consumption of farm goods are likely to be moderate as long as the economic ...

Jun. 18, 2009

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

`Biopreferred Products` championed by US Secretary of Agriculture

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack recently urged his peers on President Obama’s Cabinet to give procurement preference to products that comply with the federal BioPreferred program. EOS® is among a wide range of products the United Soybean Board lists as Biobased Products for Government. This program aims to reduce the impact of climate change, improve American environmental security ...

May 14, 2009

By EOS Remediation, LLC

Canadian Agriculture to Benefit from WTO Agreement

The World Trade Organization’s Ninth Ministerial Conference recently concluded in Bali, Indonesia with member countries agreeing on a new trade facilitation agreement (TFA) that will benefit Canadian farmers and agricultural exporters. This TFA represents the WTO's first multilateral trade agreement to be concluded since the establishment of the WTO in 1995. Canadian Agriculture Minister, ...

Dec. 7, 2013

By Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

EPA announces new restrictions on pesticide phosphine fumigants to reduce risks to children

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is requiring new restrictions on aluminum and magnesium phosphide products to better protect people, especially children, from dangerous exposures. The new restrictions prohibit all uses of the products around residential areas, increase buffer zones for treatment around non-residential buildings that could be occupied by people or animals, and create more ...

Apr. 8, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Investments in women farmers still too low

Women farmers produce more than half of all food worldwide and currently account for 43 percent of the global agricultural labor force, yet few extension or research services are directed at women farmers,according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute (www.worldwatch.org) for its Vital Signs Online service. Women produce as much as 50 percent of the agricultural output in South ...

Jul. 31, 2012

By Worldwatch Institute

WTO trade ministers move to eliminate agriculture export subsidies, but differences remain on other measures

FAO has welcomed an agreement by World Trade Organization (WTO) member states through the recently adopted "Nairobi Package" to move towards eliminating export subsidies involving agricultural products. However, it also noted that differences remain over other measures aimed at creating fairer global trading conditions, in particular for developing countries. A declaration issued on 19 December ...

Dec. 21, 2015

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

USDA proposes voluntary labeling program for biobased products

Earlier this year, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed a voluntary labeling program for biobased products and solicited comment on its approach. Under the proposed labeling program, manufacturers and vendors could, after obtaining certification from USDA, market the certified biobased product using the “USDA Certified Biobased Product” label. The proposed program would ...

Oct. 16, 2009

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

World Development Indicators 2010 data now available

The World Development Indicators (WDI) 2010, released today, gives a statistical progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The WDI database, launched along with the World Bank's Open Data initiative to provide free data to all users, includes more than 900 indicators documenting the state of all the world's economies. The WDI covers education, health, poverty, ...

Apr. 20, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

Four million Syrians are unable to produce or buy enough food

Syria's food security situation has significantly deteriorated over the past year and domestic agricultural production will further decline over the next 12 months if the present conflict continues, according to a new report published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP). "Crop and livestock production, food availability and access to food have all ...

Jul. 5, 2013

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

The 38th AGROmashEXPO and 10th Agricultural Machine Show were successful

The digitalisation of agriculture brings stability and predictability to food production and is essential for Hungarian agriculture to remain competitive in Europe. The Minister of Agriculture talked about this at the opening of this year's 38th AGROmashEXPO International Agricultural and Agricultural Machinery Exhibition and the 10th Agricultural Machinery Show. Nearly 350 exhibitors presented ...

Mar. 5, 2020

By Hungexpo Ltd.

World food prize recognizes leadership in agriculture, but more policy support is needed to feed the world’s hungry

Policymakers around the world need to step up their critical efforts to combat hunger, malnutrition, and poverty by providing greater support for agriculture, according to researchers with Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet project. As the awarding of the annual World Food Prize approaches, the project acknowledges the important contribution that the Prize makes in recognizing ...

Oct. 6, 2011

By Worldwatch Institute

Penton’s Farm Futures survey shows more corn, less soybeans in 2016

Profit margins full of red ink could force growers to cut back crop acreage by almost 2% in 2016, according to the latest survey by Farm Futures, Penton Agriculture‘s market-leading ag business resource. Only corn and cotton could see gains among five major row crops and even those increases would keep seedings below levels from just two years ago. USDA releases its first survey-based ...

Mar. 24, 2016

By Informa PLC

FAO Conference in Tunis emphasizes need to mobilize resources in Africa

The FAO Regional Conference for Africa, held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 24 to 28 March 2014, concluded its 28th Session, reaffirming its commitment to food security and sustainable development. "We have given our full support to the 2025 Zero Hunger target for Africa," declared FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, in his closing address. He was flanked by Tunisian Prime Minister ...

Mar. 30, 2014

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

Kashmir susceptible to major quakes

Data gathered using Global Positioning Systems (GPS) suggest that India’s Jammu and Kashmir state could be in for an earthquake of greater intensity than previously expected. Presenting the results of a new study at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union at San Francisco on 7 December, US geologist Roger Bilham of the University of Colorado said Kashmir could be hit by a quake with a ...

Dec. 22, 2011

By SciDev.Net

Improvements to water resources for Mongolia`s nomadic herding families on tap

Japan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are working with poor herding families in Mongolia’s Ovorhangay province to improve herding families’ access to water and pasture resources. The Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction is extending a $2 million grant for the project, which will be overseen by ADB and executed by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture with the cooperation of the nongovernmental ...

Jul. 31, 2008

By Asian Development Bank

Successful International Year of Quinoa 2013 winds down

Increased production and consumption of quinoa, coupled with higher visibility of and greater scientific knowledge about the so-called "Andean super crop" is the legacy left to the world by the International Year of Quinoa 2013, the closing ceremonies of which were held this week in Bolivia and Peru. "We are happy today - it is a celebration. Our quinoa has been discovered worldwide as an ally ...

Dec. 17, 2013

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

USDA Awards Over $52 million in Grants to Grow Organic and Local Food Economies

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the award of over $52 million in support of the growing organic industry and local and regional food systems through five U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant programs. The Secretary made the announcement during an event with Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe and local farmers at the Virginia State Fair. ...

Sep. 29, 2014

By American Society for Horticultural Science

Urbanization, export crops drive deforestation

The drivers of tropical deforestation have shifted in the early 21st century to hinge on growth of cities and the globalized agricultural trade, a new large-scale study concludes. The observations starkly reverse assumptions by some scientists that fast-growing urbanization and the efficiencies of global trade might eventually slow or reverse tropical deforestation. The study, which covers most ...

Feb. 9, 2010

By The Earth Institute at Columbia University

New initiative enables Somali farmers to produce food assistance

For the first time, Somali farmers are turning themselves into suppliers of high-quality food assistance for their fellow Somali people. A new initiative backed by the European Union (EU), the government of Austria and two United Nations food security agencies has helped Somali farmers achieve this major agricultural breakthrough in a region of the country that was gripped by famine less than ...

Mar. 6, 2014

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

Agricultural Subsidies Remain a Staple in the Industrial World

In 2012, the most recent year with data, agricultural subsidies totaled an estimated $486 billion in the top 21 food-producing countries in the world. These countries—the members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and seven other countries (Brazil, China, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Russia, South Africa, and Ukraine)—are responsible for almost 80 percent ...

Mar. 11, 2014

By Worldwatch Institute

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