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Climate change will affect farmland bottom line: Economist
2016-06-20 18:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Iowa Farmer Today: Over the next 70 to 100 years, our climate is projected to change dramatically. The sector that is most likely to be affected by these changes is agriculture. A number of studies support this assertion, but relatively few look at the effect of climate change on agriculture from a comprehensive economic perspective, says a University of Illinois economist. An interdisciplinary team from the University of Illinois recently investigated the effects of climate change on farmland values in the Southwestern...
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Clean fuel from 'bionic leaf' could ease pressure on farmland: scientists
2016-06-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A new clean technology to turn sunlight into liquid fuel could drastically shrink the need for large plantations to grow crops for biofuels, while combating climate change, Harvard University researchers said on Thursday. That could help protect food supplies and local people's land rights, they suggested. Dubbed "bionic leaf 2.0", the technology uses solar panels to split water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen, the scientists said in a study published in the journal Science. Once separated,...
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Can the Amish win over the Islanders? Cheap farmland triggers migration from Ontario to P.E.I.
2016-04-11 04:57:34| Real Estate - Topix.net
An Amish man rides his horse and buggy down a street in Milverton, Ontario. P.E.I.'s newcomers are economic migrants.
Farmland Could Play Key Role in Tackling Climate Change
2016-04-07 01:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The earth's soil stores a lot of carbon from the atmosphere, and managing it with the climate in mind may be an important part of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to curb global warming, according to a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature. "Climate-smart' soil management, primarily on land used for agriculture, can be part of an overall greenhouse gas reduction strategy that includes other efforts like carbon sequestration and reducing fossil fuel emissions, the paper's authors said....
Debate over water rights intensifies as Saudis buy up swaths of US farmland
2016-03-29 18:32:55| Agriculture - Topix.net
In the face of water restrictions at home, a Saudi Arabian company is turning to the American Southwest, where US farmers are contending with persistent drought. Water diverted from the Salt River runs through the Roosevelt Canal for sprinkler irrigation on an alfalfa field in Mesa, Ariz., in this file photo.
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