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Climate change could devastate Africa crop yields - Responding to Climate Change
2014-03-25 02:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Africa could face an onslaught of crop failures, diseases and extreme weather events as a result of global warming, a UN panel of scientists is likely to warn later this week. The findings will be discussed at a meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Yokohoma, Japan, before their final approval and publication on March 31. Millions could be affected as a result of coastal and urban flooding, while fresh water resources in the west and south are expected to become...
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Winter Crop Areas Up But Livestock Down
2014-03-21 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
SCOTLAND, UK - A first look towards this year’s harvest shows an increase in winter crop areas but livestock numbers have continued to fall.
Raizen expects up to 10 pct loss in Brazil sugar cane crop
2014-03-20 06:51:14| Sugar Industry News
SAO PAULO, March 19 (Reuters) - Brazil's 2014/15 sugar cane crop that has started early crushing in the south will suffer losses on average of 5 percent to 10 percent from recent dry weather this year, the Chief Financial Officer of Raizen, Pedro Mizutani, said on local TV.
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Climate change could reduce crop yields as soon as 2030
2014-03-18 13:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Climate change will hit crop yields in temperate and tropical regions earlier than first thought, a new study has found. The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, warns that global warming of only 2C is likely to reduce yields of staple crops as early as the 2030s. Researchers from the University of Leeds analysed the results of 1,700 published studies of the impact that climate change will have on the yields of rice, maize and wheat. In 2007, a report from the Intergovernmental...
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Crop intensification & organic fertilizers can be a long-term solution to perennial food shortages in Africa
2014-03-18 07:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Farmers in Africa can increase their food production if they avoid over dependence on chemical fertilizers, pesticides and practice agricultural intensification - growing more food on the same amount of land - using natural and resource-conserving approaches such as agroforestry. According to scientists at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), crop production in Africa is seriously hampered by the degradation of soil fertility, water and biodiversity resources. Currently, yields for important...
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