Sentences with phrase «of global agriculture»

Conserving the viability of forestry seems to me a third reason to view a program of Albedo Restoration as the necessary and sufficient complement in a Troika mitigation strategy, alongside the objectives of halting the ongoing disruption of global agriculture and decelerating the main interactive feedbacks.

This report discusses the need for a sustainable intensification» of global agriculture in which yields are increased without adverse environmental impact and without the cultivation of more land.

She has spoken at major conferences and events all over the world and her knowledge of global agriculture issues has been cited widely in more than 3,000 major publications including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, BBC, the Guardian (UK), and other major publications.

«Our findings capture which critical regions around the world hold the wild diversity we need for the stability of global agriculture,» says study co-author Colin Khoury, a crop diversity specialist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Cali, Colombia.

Worldwide, energy is a $ 3 - trillion - a-year operation, twice the size of global agriculture and four or five times larger than all the world's military expenses.

In fact, organic farming in general is one of the fastest - growing segments of global agriculture during the past decade.

Accounting for 60 % of global agriculture, he will make the case to protect and encourage smallholdings for sustainability.

This combined $ 170 billion deal binge promises to have a profound impact on the future of global agriculture.

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Such indoor farming — ranging from skyscraper greenhouses to in vitro meat — is altering our definition of agriculture and creating technologies that could stave off a global food crisis.

He wants to build a global company that helps farmers everywhere manage their fields on a plant - by - plant level, mainstreaming artificial intelligence as an integral part of agriculture.

Early this month, a report commissioned by Quebec Agriculture Minister Pierre Paradis, who sought a review of how the federation regulates supply, found that Quebec's share of global supply has dropped by 10 % in a decade — even as demand and output rose.

Global consumption of avocados, now a $ 3 billion industry, has doubled in the last decade, and a third of the 3.8 million tonne annual harvest is currently traded internationally, according to data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.

The producer of phosphate and potash nutrients for the global agriculture industry is based in Plymouth, Minn..

For starters, it's part of a wave of global consolidation in agriculture that will put an increasingly large portion of the world's commercial seed market — roughly 50 % — under the control of a few giant multinationals.

In its most recent report on the state of global fisheries, the United Nations» Food and Agriculture Organization warned that 90 percent of the world's fish stocks are fully or overfished, and increasing production to meet the world's growing demand for animal protein can't be done in a sustainable manner.

Big tech companies, global retailers, clean energy firms, food makers, agriculture conglomerates, and a couple of utilities have all signed on.

Agriculture uses 70 percent of global freshwater — another finite resource that could not be scaled with growth.

This implies that risks are not too big or overarching (like resource scarcity, rising levels of atmospheric CO2, or global warming) but are more focused e.g. extreme weather, increased greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture or from energy use, or a lack of fresh water.

Inspired by the Fossil Fuel Divestment campaign, the London panelists developed a global opportunity to address the excessive use of antibiotics in agriculture.

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Particularly, the overlap between food and water, exemplified here in the case of water - efficient agriculture, an opportunity from Global Opportunity Report 2015, is shaping up to be a booming market in the coming years.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Blue River Technology, a leader in the use of computer vision, machine learning and robotics for agriculture, today announced it has raised $ 17 million in Series B funding led by Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund (Pontifagriculture, today announced it has raised $ 17 million in Series B funding led by Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund (PontifAgriculture Technology Fund (Pontifax AgTech).

As of May 2, 2018 the iShares MSCI Global Agriculture Producers ETF MSCI ESG Fund Quality Score is 5.20 out of 10.

The iShares MSCI Global Agriculture Producers Fund tracks a market - cap - weighted index of companies that are sensitive to agricultural commodity prices.

About Avrio Ventures Inc: Avrio Capital was established in 2006 to identify and invest in innovative food and agriculture companies that provide solutions to global challenges in the areas of health, wellness and sustainability.

The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report is a monthly report published by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) providing comprehensive forecast of supply and demand for major crops (global and United States) and livestock (U.S. only).

Lauren lives in Chattanooga, with her husband, Scott Phillips, who is a portfolio manager of the Global Maximum Pessimism Fund and author of the investing book, Buying at the Point Maximum Pessimism: Six Value Investing Trends from China to Oil to Agriculture, 2010, FT Press, and co-author to the revised edition of The Templeton Touch, 2012, Templeton Press.

The additional layoffs will bring the agriculture giant's total planned cuts to 3,600 jobs over the next two years, or about 16 percent of its global workforce.

Agriculture accounts for 65 percent of the global use of fresh water.

Francis drew a standing ovation on Monday at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, where he marked the UN's World Food Day by calling for governments to work together to tackle the interconnected problems of hunger, global warming and migration.

Mr. A. H. Boerma, General Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, is calling upon the world to set aside 15 % of the annual grain yield in a global food bank for emergency use to prevent starvation.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

Given that agriculture, along with the deforestation associated with it, drives 24 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming, we are dependent upon farmers to do the heavy lifting when it comes to fighting climate change.

Tammi has also had the privilege to attend a variety of meetings of the global food sovereignty movement, including the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty, Urgenci: the International Network for Community - Supported Agriculture, Slow Meat, the Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), Slow Food's Terra Madre, and the Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) that relates to the UN Committee for World Food Security (CFS).

(Kutztown, PA) Today Rodale Institute announced the launch of a global campaign to generate public awareness of soil's ability to reverse climate change, but only when the health of the soil is maintained through organic regenerative agriculture.

In May 2015 under the Turkey Presidency, the G20 agriculture ministers highlighted the extent of food loss and waste (FLW) as «a global problem of enormous economic, environmental and societal significance» and encouraged all G20 members to strengthen their collective efforts to prevent and reduce FLW.

IFOAM raised awareness of its campaign messages, high sequestration, low emission, food secure farming which highlights the superior performance of organic agriculture in preventing global warming and adapting to it.

We are pleased to announce a new occasional blog series, Cultivating Tomorrow: Indian Agriculture Challenged, by Marshall M. Bouton, president emeritus of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

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.

Christopher Shanahan, global food and agriculture program manager with Frost & Sullivan, told FoodProductionDaily.com of a growing trend for food manufacturers to outsource logistical and distribution activity to local third - party logistics companies (3PLs).

It accounts for almost a quarter of global emissions, including about 10 to 11 percent from deforestation, and the rest from agriculture, itself the main driver of deforestation.

The 15th edition of the book «The World of Organic Agriculture 2014», presented at BIOFACH Germany 2014, documents recent developments in global organic aAgriculture 2014», presented at BIOFACH Germany 2014, documents recent developments in global organic agricultureagriculture.

Record global wheat stockpiles may be even larger than expected, as China cuts back on use and the EU harvests a bigger crop, a US Department of Agriculture report showed.

«We are also maximizing this popular global event to popularize further organic agriculture, the future of food,» he added.

The Rainforest Alliance certification program's steering committee, consisting of senior staff from different departments, ensures effective coordination, information sharing, and planning related to the global sustainable agriculture certification program.

Today Rodale Institute, the global leader of regenerative organic agriculture, announced it has received a grant for $ 5,995,000 from the William Penn Foundation to partner with Stroud Water Research Center, the global leader in the advancement of knowledge and stewardship of freshwater systems, on a groundbreaking project to improve soil health and water quality.

Rodale Institute announced the launch of a global campaign to generate public awareness of the soil's ability to reverse climate change, but only when the health of the soil is maintained through organic regenerative agriculture.

Given its potential for reducing carbon emissions, enhancing soil fertility and improving climate resilience, Organic Agriculture should form the basis of comprehensive policy tools for addressing the future of global nutrition and addressing climate change.

The latest global data on organic farming worldwide will be presented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL and IFOAM — Organics International at the... read more

Furthermore they implement projects, with global and regional partners, which facilitate conversion to Organic Agriculture, empower local stakeholders and strengthen supply chains as well as help raise consumer awareness and shape the future of the organic sector by training a new generation of leaders through our Organic Leadership Courses and other services.