TOPIC(S): Climate Change, Food Security/Shortage,

04/08/2024 SOURCE: www.globalissues.org

Social Protection, a Key Solution for Directing Climate Finance To Poor Small-Scale Farmers

ROME, Apr 05 (IPS) - Climate change is exacerbating inequalities between and within countries, disproportionately affecting poor households in rural areas. In fact, we know that more than half of the resources of the poor – a large part of whom are small-scale farmers - are lost due to climatic hazards. This has negative impacts on the incomes of these people and their ability to meet their essential needs, including food.

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TOPIC(S): Urban Farming,
TOPIC(S): Fishing (Commercial),

04/08/2024 SOURCE: www.fishfarmermagazine.com

Fjords, the Faroes and flying fish - Fish Farmer Magazine

For a small fish farming nation, this rocky archipelago punches above its weight, writes Robert Outram. Additional reporting: Vince McDonagh The Faroese Research establishment formerly known as Fiskaaling has a new name: Firum. To understand why, a brief lesson in the Faroese language is required. As Chief Executive Jóhanna Lava Køtlum explains, “fiskaaling” translates as…

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Pecans,
TOPIC(S): Wheat, Rice,

04/08/2024 SOURCE: marginalrevolution.com

Cultivating Minds: The Psychological Consequences of Rice versus Wheat Farming - Marginal REVOLUTION

It’s long been argued that the means of production influence social, cultural and psychological processes. Rice farming, for example, requires complex irrigation systems under communal management and intense, coordinated labor. Thus, it has been argued that successful rice farming communities tend to develop people with collectivist orientations, and cultural ways of thinking that emphasize group […]

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TOPIC(S): Coffee/Tea, Food/Nutrition,
TOPIC(S): Dairy, Agriculture US, Animal Welfare/Humane Treatment,
TOPIC(S): Beekeeping, Pollinators,
TOPIC(S): Young Farmers, FFA/4-H,
TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Ethanol/Biofuel,

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