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Sustainable food production: Facts and Figures

2013-10-16 09:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

SciDevNet: Advances in agricultural science and technology (S&T) have contributed to remarkable increases in food production since the mid-twentieth century. Global agriculture has grown 2.5--3 times over the last 50 years. [1] This has let food production keep pace with human population growth so that, overall, there are enough calories produced per capita. However, progress toward reducing hunger is variable across the world (see figure 1). Hunger and malnutrition affect every aspect of human development...

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Sustainable Livestock Production Possible

2013-09-27 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

UK - New research advocates use of pastures with shrubs and trees as it is more sustainable, improving animal welfare and increasing biodiversity.

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Sustainable Crop Production: Campden BRI Seminar

2013-09-03 13:18:00| Food Processing Technology

The call for sustainable intensification of crop production by the UK Ggovernment's food and farming report focused attention on the need for increasing productivity, while reducing the negative environmental impacts associated with overuse of resour

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FAO Sustainable Livestock Production Initiative Gains Support

2013-06-25 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CANADA - The sustainable development manager with Manitoba Pork Council says a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) initiative aimed at improving the environmental sustainability of global livestock production is gaining widespread support, writes Bruce Cochrane.

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Weekly Overview: Sustainable Production without Antibiotics?

2013-03-18 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

ANALYSIS - The challenges facing us to feed the growing human population are immense but the aim simply has to be achieved. Whether this can be done sustainably make these challenges greater still; new technology will be required, for sure, but what is the future for antibiotics for farm livestock? Also in the news are increasing consolidation in the Russian pig industry as well as reports from the VIV Asia trade show last week.

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