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Barriers to Sustainable Farming Put Burden on Worlds Poor
2014-10-09 16:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The conflict between free trade and food rights came to the fore again at the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations in September, when India did not back down from its stance that a permanent solution be found for food security issues before signing the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). The TFA is designed to push free trade further, with heavy losses to Indias food security. The U.S. had challenged India at the WTOs Bali Ministerial in 2013, on the ground that the Food Security Act...
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Climate change may raise disease burden in South Asian cities
2014-09-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Recorder: South Asian cities are facing problems of decaying environment which include hazardous levels of air and water pollution and insufficient solid waste management. According to a report on Human Development in South Asia 2014, "Urbanisation: Challenges and Opportunities," these environmental threats have deteriorated the sustainability and liveability of cities in South Asia, besides the situation is being compounded by global warming. The report said: "South Asia is one of the least urbanised regions...
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Govt hopes to reduce food subsidy burden by Rs 23,400cr
2014-08-21 14:00:43| Agriculture - Topix.net
NEW DELHI: The government expects to reduce the food subsidy burden by Rs 23,400 crore annually after the Food Corporation of India cut its wheat stock substantially by 1.3 crore tonnes in the past two years.
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The burden of beef
2014-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: Beef may be what's for dinner but a National Academy of sciences report finds that beef is on average ten times worse for the environment than other meats. Food systems expert Anna Lappé discusses the beef burden and how to eat healthily with host Steve Curwood. Transcript CURWOOD: Well, however it's raised, many Americans find a juicy sizzling steak hard to resist. But a study published in the Journal of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that producing beef places a...
Beef's greater environment burden
2014-07-21 21:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A new study suggests that the production of beef is around 10 times more damaging to the environment than any other form of livestock. Scientists measured the environment inputs required to produce the main US sources of protein. Beef cattle need 28 times more land and 11 times more irrigation water than pork, poultry, eggs or dairy. The research has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. While it has long been known that beef has a greater environmental...
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