Sentences with phrase «agriculture in a changing climate»

Multi Regional About Blog Animal Agriculture in a Changing Climate fosters animal production practices that are: environmentally sound and economically viable, and that create resiliency for animal producers and their partners.

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* To invest up to 1 billion rubles in environmental projects in Russia related to water, agriculture and climate change.

These include: C$ 4.5 billion to support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate Program that will invest C$ 500 million to bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural communities by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate change, and soil and water conservation.

GFI has raised concerns in widely - read publications about the impacts of industrialized animal agriculture, including its contributions to climate change and its unsustainability.

The Bolivian text is broadly in keeping with the Principles of Organic Agriculture.The current UNFCCC agriculture text is likely to be adopted at Mexico unchallenged with most countries not wanting to risk failing to achieve an overarching agreement on climate change due to what is sure to be huge differences on agriculture.

Speakers at the rally included Dr. Andre Leu, president of IFOAM, Vanadana Shiva of Navdanaya, Hans Herren of the Millennium Institute, and Laura Lengnick author of the book Resilient Agriculture — Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate which is being made into 4 minute videos featuring farmer stories in their own words, along with Precious Phiri, Will Allen, and Ronnie Cummins of the Organic Consumers Association.

Job Description: Research interns work directly with Rodale Institute's Research Department to address current and future agricultural needs by conducting high - quality research using regenerative, organic methods for agricultural production and identifying tools and practices to help grow organic agriculture by addressing pest and fertility issues; mitigate and adapt to climate change, and improve human health by addressing nutrient density in crops.

Click here for the white paper, cited in this article, which contains our research on how regenerative organic agriculture can reverse climate change.

Read here about Rodale Institute's research on reversing climate change through regenerative organic agriculture in this recent op - ed in the New York Times.

IFOAM actively lobbied for Organic Agriculture at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn from May 31 - June 11, 2010.

The Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change in The Hague, The Netherlands - 31stOctober - 5th November

In addition to climate change, animal agriculture is a major contributor to air and water pollution, water use, land degradation and deforestation, biodiversity decline, and ocean degradation.

On 17 — 21 October, the annual meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) took place at FAO Headquarters in Rome.During the first day, FAO launched its flagship publication on The State of Food and Agriculture, which focused on climate change this year.

Growing scarcity In addition to a growing scarcity of natural resources such as land, water and biodiversity «global agriculture will have to cope with the effects of climate change, notably higher temperatures, greater rainfall variability and more frequent extreme weather events such as floods and droughts,» Diouf warned.

The Rainforest Alliance will continue its commitment to reduce the effects of climate change by building climate resilience in some of the world's most vulnerable regions through forest conservation and sustainable agriculture.

Research projects at Rodale Institute include applied and practical projects in regenerative organic agriculture, soil health, climate change mitigation, water quality, and the linkages between healthy soil and healthy people.

IFOAM — Organics International advocates for the inclusion of Organic Agriculture in national governments» policies on addressing not only climate change, but also hunger and poverty.

IFOAM actively lobbyied for Organic Agriculture at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15) from December 7 - 18, 2009.

To meet the world's growing food security needs and face the parallel challenges of improving nutrition and reducing poverty under a changing global climate, a second — science - based — Green Revolution in agriculture is already under way.

Other papers in the Sustainability Initiatives session discuss the role of sustainable agriculture in food security and climate change.

We continue to support the wheat and barley industries in the face of global challenges such as climate change, food and fuel security and sustainable agriculture practices.

The Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) Program of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) recently released results from a research project on mitigating climate change in Mesoamerican coffee production.

Second, because sustainable, organic agriculture practices have tremendous potential to mitigate climate change by sequestering (storing) greenhouse gases in the rich and fertile soils.

This new full - scale - electric feed truck is the next step in Straus» quest to show that his Marin county organic dairy farm can be carbon positive, using agriculture as a solution to reversing climate change.

Yogyakarta, Indonesia — The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD), Department of Agriculture brought together key stakeholders in a 3 - day conference to tackle solutions toward addressing hybrid rice adoption challenges in Southeast Asia amid climate change threats.

In a region hard hit by climate change, the Rainforest Alliance focuses on advancing community forestry, sustainable agriculture, ecotourism, and environmental education to defend vulnerable landscapes and support rural communities.

The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) produced a series of short films on what a changing climate could mean for farming communities in East and West Africa, and South -LSB-...]

This truck is the next step in Straus» quest to show that his organic dairy farm can be carbon positive, using agriculture as a solution for reversing climate change.

With sustainable agriculture playing an important role in mitigating climate change and food security, how can adoption rates rise?

Coffee Professionals Festival 2017 (arranged by Nestlé Professional) September 28, 2017 - Stockholm, Sweden Marcus Schaefer of the Rainforest Alliance's Markets Transformation and Communications team in Sweden, will host a booth and will be presenting a session on climate change, coffee and climate smart agriculture.

Meet the Rainforest Alliance's Leadership Team and Ambassadors Circle, with backgrounds in agriculture, climate change, forestry, communications, human rights, law, business, and biodiversity.

Through the CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program, a research that focuses on the development and adaptation of climate - smart technologies for sustainable intensification of farming systems in South Asia is in prClimate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program, a research that focuses on the development and adaptation of climate - smart technologies for sustainable intensification of farming systems in South Asia is in prclimate - smart technologies for sustainable intensification of farming systems in South Asia is in progress.

IRRI's work in India is supported by contributions from ICAR, the DAC; state agricultural universities (SAUs); the Government of India and its Department of Biotechnology; state agriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF); CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commiagriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF); CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European CommiAgriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commission (EC).

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Also in a paper presented by Nurudeen Bello on «Effects of Climate Change in Nigeria,» he stated that the adverse effect of climate change such as temperature rise, erratic ranfall, sandstorm, desertification, low agriculture yields, drying of water body lake Chad basin, gully erosion and constant flooding were daily realities in NClimate Change in Nigeria,» he stated that the adverse effect of climate change such as temperature rise, erratic ranfall, sandstorm, desertification, low agriculture yields, drying of water body lake Chad basin, gully erosion and constant flooding were daily realities in NiChange in Nigeria,» he stated that the adverse effect of climate change such as temperature rise, erratic ranfall, sandstorm, desertification, low agriculture yields, drying of water body lake Chad basin, gully erosion and constant flooding were daily realities in Nclimate change such as temperature rise, erratic ranfall, sandstorm, desertification, low agriculture yields, drying of water body lake Chad basin, gully erosion and constant flooding were daily realities in Nichange such as temperature rise, erratic ranfall, sandstorm, desertification, low agriculture yields, drying of water body lake Chad basin, gully erosion and constant flooding were daily realities in Nigeria.

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has introduced drought - resistant and early maturing crop varieties to farmers in the Dormaa Central Municipality of Brong - Ahafo Region to help minimise the effect of climate change on farming activities in the area.

Earlier, President Buhari briefed the Prime Minister on successes recorded by his administration in Security, Economy, Agriculture, education, climate change and other areas.

Such an approach can effectively address the policy challenges facing the country and in some cases the world, including those raised by concerns such as climate change, health care issues, trade, terrorism and agriculture, said Pearl.

Some researchers expect that as climate change pushes agriculture and human populations farther north, «people are going to come more in contact with these mostly pristine landscapes» and disturb them in ways that could increase fire risk, Page says.

Tiffany Stecker writes about climate change, agriculture and forestry for ClimateWire in Washington, DC and prefers red potatoes to Yukon Gold.

Research scientists question whether the order will reduce international collaborations and remain troubled by confusion surrounding communications restrictions placed on employees of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture, two agencies that have played vital roles in the collection of scientific data on climate change.

«Higher temperatures and changes in precipitation result in pressure on yields from important crops in much of the world,» says IFPRI agricultural economist Gerald Nelson, an author of the report, «Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security: Impacts and Costs of Adaptation to 2050».

When Andy Jarvis wants to explain to locals how future climate change will affect agriculture in the tropics, he uses a familiar landmark: a mountain.

«Agriculture is the sector most likely to be affected by changes in climate of all sectors of society,» Nelson adds.

By IFPRI's estimate, 25 million more children will be malnourished in 2050 due to the impact of climate change on global agriculture.

This is a strong indication that agriculture, and not changing sea surface temperature, caused the regional changes in climate during the last third of the 20th century, the researchers say.

This is the first time anyone has examined regional climate change in the central United States by directly comparing the influence of greenhouse gas emissions to agriculture, says Nathan Mueller, an earth systems scientist at the University of California (UC), Irvine, who was not involved with this study.

► In other climate change news, Leigh Dayton wrote on Tuesday that in April, «the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth announced plans to set up an Australian Consensus Centre (ACC), chaired by [global warming skeptic Bjørn] Lomborg, that would conduct policy research on overseas aid, Australian prosperity, agriculture, and regional issueIn other climate change news, Leigh Dayton wrote on Tuesday that in April, «the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth announced plans to set up an Australian Consensus Centre (ACC), chaired by [global warming skeptic Bjørn] Lomborg, that would conduct policy research on overseas aid, Australian prosperity, agriculture, and regional issuein April, «the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth announced plans to set up an Australian Consensus Centre (ACC), chaired by [global warming skeptic Bjørn] Lomborg, that would conduct policy research on overseas aid, Australian prosperity, agriculture, and regional issuein Perth announced plans to set up an Australian Consensus Centre (ACC), chaired by [global warming skeptic Bjørn] Lomborg, that would conduct policy research on overseas aid, Australian prosperity, agriculture, and regional issues.

Political unrest between occupying Chinese and local Vietnamese groups — not climate change or agriculture — led to a surge in the frequency of fires

Policymakers have persuaded farmers in China to buy insurance against losses in agriculture, which is at risk mainly due to climate change