04/03/2024 SOURCE: www.usda.gov
MANKATO, Minn., April 3, 2024 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of an historic $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2024 to invest in partner-driven conservation and climate solutions through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The U.S.
USDA Makes $1.5 Billion Available to Help Farmers Advance Conservation and Climate-Smart Agriculture as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda
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04/02/2024 SOURCE: www.recorder.com
AMHERST — Climate change’s impact on farming, as well as emerging areas like urban agriculture, soil health and pollinators, are a focus for the University of Massachusetts Extension Agriculture Program, which continues to help farmers adapt and...
Farming challenges aired at state hearing
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03/28/2024 SOURCE: srnnews.com
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Shoppers may get a bitter surprise in their Easter baskets this year. Chocolate eggs and bunnies are more expensive than ever as changing climate patterns eat into global cocoa supplies and the earnings of farmers in West Africa. About three-quarters of the world’s cocoa — the main ingredient in chocolate — […]
It's a bittersweet Easter for chocolate lovers and African cocoa farmers but big brands see profits - SRN News
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03/28/2024 SOURCE: www.nbcnews.com
Farmers in India and across Europe are protesting the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine, rising competition and climate change mitigation, among other issues.
Why are angry farmers blocking highways from Paris to New Delhi?
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03/27/2024 SOURCE: www.openaccessgovernment.org
Researchers have found an approach to help tackle sustainability; the study introduces a strategy to produce acetylene (C2H2)
Research holds hope for sustainable acetylene production
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03/26/2024 SOURCE: www.eea.europa.eu
The main function of the food system and its primary sector, agriculture, is to satisfy the basic human need for food, but sustainable food systems also maintain ecosystem health and contribute to social well-being. At the same time, the food system is one of Europe’s major systems of production and consumption, causing over one-fifth of all environmental and climate impacts.
Agriculture and food system
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03/26/2024 SOURCE: www.ft.com
Agriculture is creating fast wealth and boosting the nation’s economy. But can ‘green gold’ survive an increasingly extreme climate?
The precarious future facing Brazil’s new boomtowns
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03/24/2024 SOURCE: www.newsweek.com
The cacao tree faces a number of threats, including climate change, but a study revealing its genetic history and diversity will help scientists address these.
'Food of the gods': Archaeologists discover historical fact about chocolate
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03/23/2024 SOURCE: www.earth.com
This means more coffee plants survive, leading to better harvests and a steadier supply of delicious coffee for everyone.
Coffee plants fight climate change with a genetic weapon • Earth.com
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03/22/2024 SOURCE: news.mongabay.com
A machine learning model of ammonia emissions from the world’s rice, wheat and corn crops shows that optimal fertilizer management could slash ammonia air pollution from these crops by 38%.
Fertilizer management could reduce ammonia pollution from 3 staple crops: Study
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