food production

New map of Africa's depleted soils to offer critical for boosting food production

harminka — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:24:18 -0600

Responding to sub-Saharan Africa's soil health crisis, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) announced today an ambitious new effort to produce the first-ever, detailed digital soil map for all 42 countries of the region.

Aquaculture's growth seen as continuing

harminka — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:42:15 -0600

Aquaculture production of seafood will probably remain the most rapidly increasing food production system worldwide through 2025, according to an assessment published in the January 2009 issue of BioScience.

G8 Calls For Oil, Food Production Boost

Armen Hareyan — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:19:06 -0500

Finance ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations ended a two-day meeting in Osaka, Japan Saturday with a wide-ranging statement addressing oil and food prices, and troubled financial markets.

Average shoppers are willing to pay premium for locally produced food

harminka — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:33:33 -0500

New research suggests that the average supermarket shopper is willing to pay a premium price for locally produced foods, providing some farmers an attractive option to enter a niche market that could boost their revenues.

Ban urges world leaders to help bring down food prices

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:43:32 -0500

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to urge world leaders on Tuesday to immediately suspend or eliminate many price controls and other agricultural trade restrictions in an urgent appeal to bring down soaring food prices.

Fighting global warming — at the dinner table

harminka — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:22:06 -0500

Substituting chicken, fish, or vegetables for red meat just once a week can help combat climate change — even more dramatically than buying locally sourced food, according to scientists in Pennsylvania who studied the environmental impacts of food production and distribution in the United States. The study is scheduled for the May 15 issue of ACS’s bi-weekly journal Environmental Science & Technology.

Carnegie Mellon studies how climate change impacts food production

harminka — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:27:23 -0500

The old adage, “We are what we eat,’’ may be the latest recipe for success when it comes to curbing the perils of global climate warming.

Important rice production system under pressure

harminka — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:51:11 -0500

In the face of growing pressure on one of Asia’s most important food production systems, experts are warning that farmers must get more help to make them more efficient.

Food shortfalls loom in crisis-hit Burma: UN

Dinka — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:34:00 -0500

UN aid workers and rights groups say high food prices have helped drive Burma's people onto the streets, and the junta's bloody crackdown has only worsened the threat of hunger and malnutrition.

Climate Change Threatens World Food Production

Dinka — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:18:38 -0500

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held a special session in Rome, Italy, to discuss the impact of climate change on world food security.

Interstate Bakeries to Exit Bread Market in Southern California

Anastvatz — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:59:52 -0500

Production, Sale and Delivery of Snack Cakes and Donuts to Continue

UN: Global warming will strike developing nations the hardest

Dinka — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:48:13 -0500

Global warming will likely hit food production in developing nations the hardest, increasing the risks of drought and famine in the countries that already struggle to feed their populations, a senior U.N. official said Tuesday.