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Webinar Looks at Geosynthetics in Agriculture
2013-12-11 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) will host a webinar on Wednesday, 11 December, looking at the uses of geosynthetics in agriculture and aquaculture.
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Conventional satellite imagery may underestimate forest clearing for subsistence agriculture
2013-12-09 19:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Analysis of forest cover using medium-scale satellite imagery may miss deforestation for small-scale subsistence agriculture, finds a study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. The study, which involved researchers from the University of Maryland, the State University of New York and Woods Hole Research Center, is based on change in forest cover in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which accounts for the bulk of the world's second largest tropical rainforest. The researchers...
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Africa: 'Climate-Smart' Agriculture Needed to Steer Food Security Through Changing Weather
2013-12-09 15:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AllAfrica: Agroforestry, diversification of crops with legumes and other practical measures must be scaled up to end hunger while meeting the challenge of climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a global conference on the issue today. "Agriculture is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, famers worldwide are increasingly feeling the effects of a warming climate," Mr. Ban said in a message to the Third Global Conference on Agriculture, Food and Nutrition...
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Joyce flags review of agriculture industry
2013-12-09 04:04:18| Agriculture - Topix.net
The Federal Government is seeking bipartisan support for a review of Australia's agriculture industry, as it aims to double the nation's food production by 2050.
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Members of Pig Group Study Agriculture in the US
2013-12-09 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Members of a highly-successful Pig Producers’ Group operated by AtlasFram, the UK’s foremost farmers’ co-operative, have visited the United States on a nine-day, 3000-mile tour to study agriculture in Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado.
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