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FAO Calls for “Paradigm Shift” Towards Sustainable Agriculture
2014-09-30 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Policy makers should support a broad array of approaches to overhauling global food systems, making them healthier and more sustainable while acknowledging that "we cannot rely on an input intensive model to increase production and that the solutions of the past have shown their limits," said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva in his opening remarks to the 24th session of the Committee on Agriculture (COAG).
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Sunshine Coast agriculture industry wants to become one of the worlds best food producing regions
2014-09-29 20:46:11| Agriculture - Topix.net
Queensland's Sunshine Coast is known as an idyllic holiday destination, but it's fast developing a reputation as one of Australia's premier food growing regions. The Sunshine Coast Hinterland is also home to a boutique dairy industry, while the waters off Mooloolaba support a strong local tuna, swordfish and prawn industry.
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Since Federation, Australian agriculture has received less Federal...
2014-09-29 20:46:10| Agriculture - Topix.net
Since Federation, the level of Federal Government assistance given to the agriculture industry has been far less than the manufacturing sector, according to a study by two University of Melbourne economists. The paper, published in the Australian Journal of Agriculture and Resource Economics, examined the level of tariffs and production and export subsides given to both industries since 1901.
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Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture
2014-09-29 16:54:00| National Hog Farmer
P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Secretary of State John Kerry announced the launch of the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture, and alliance to promote greater international engagement on ways agriculture can help reduce the impact of climate change. read more
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Russian Government Continues Support to Agriculture, Food Sectors
2014-09-29 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
RUSSIA - The government will support agro-processors until 2021, according to meat company, Cherkizovo.
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