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GFFC: Role of Agriculture in Feeding a Growing Population

2013-04-11 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

SOUTH AFRICA - Novus International, Inc. has sponsored Dr Marty Matlock, Professor of Ecological Engineering, University of Arkansas (UA) and Executive Director, UA Office for Sustainability, at the 4th Global Feed & Food Congress (GFFC), which began on 10 April at the Sun City Resort in Sun City, South Africa.

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Ag Days teaches fourth-graders about agriculture industry, Indiana history

2013-04-10 12:06:00| Agriculture - Topix.net

Forget all the technology when it comes to the annual Ag Days for fourth-graders at Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds.

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European agriculture at risk: time to ban bee-killing pesticides

2013-04-09 14:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Greenpeace: Most of the food served on our tables greatly depends on insects such as bees and their crucial pollinating role in agriculture, but the use of pesticides is increasingly placing the future of bees and our farming at risk. A scientific review of pollinators and agriculture in Europe released by Greenpeace today highlights the ecological and economic importance of healthy bee populations. The study stresses the urgent need to ban bee-harming pesticides. Such a ban would be a crucial first step...

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Nacogdoches Co. agriculture industry honored at annual banquet

2013-04-09 06:48:55| Agriculture - Topix.net

Nacogdoches is one of the state's top ten producing counties for agriculture. Monday night, representatives from different businesses in Nacogdoches showed their support at the 13th annual Nacogdoches County appreciation and awareness banquet.

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Improving the rigor of measuring emissions from deforestation, agriculture

2013-04-03 21:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: While much has been written about the potential of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by protecting tropical forests, a proposed program to do just that has been challenged by a number of factors, including concerns about the accuracy of measuring for carbon reductions. Failure to properly account for carbon could undermine the effectiveness of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) program as a tool for mitigating climate change and securing benefits for local people. At...

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