«Last year, Australia slaughtered over 10 million cattle — that's the strongest liquidation we've seen for 30 years,» says Trish Gleeson, director
of agricultural commodities at the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences.
For
suppliers of agricultural commodities, that can include a range of practices from agroforestry, planting trees and maintaining forest buffer zones to reducing pesticide use, conserving water and soil and protecting wildlife.
Thailand's National
Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS) has released the first ever Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) guidelines on cricket farming.
The report warned that increasing production of liquid biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, could increase the
price of agricultural commodities with negative economic and social impacts, especially for the world's poor who spend a large proportion of income on food.
We advise the full spectrum of industry players including companies involved in agribusiness and food production, processing and distribution, agrichemicals manufacturers,
processors of agricultural commodities, manufacturers of precision farming equipment, alternative fuel producers, soft commodities traders and financial institutions.
Corpus Christi has grown into a regional center for marketing and
distribution of agricultural commodities and boasts a local economy largely driven by tourism and the oil and petrochemical industries.
The good news is that many tropical countries are committed to only promoting sustainable
production of agricultural commodities, and we're pouring more resources than ever into understanding exactly which forest conservation strategies are most effective.
He works to reduce tropical deforestation, notably in Southeast Asia, associated with the production
of agricultural commodities (like palm oil, soy, beef and leather) used in products sold by major private sector retailers and brands.