News: ‘Food & Agriculture’ Archive
‘After changes in government policy and farm practices, European grain yields leveled off. Stanford’s Frances C. Moore says climate trends account for 10 percent of that stagnation.’
via European grain yield stagnation related to climate change, says Stanford scholar.
‘…One issue at play is food scarcity. The Ebola virus is known to spread into human populations through contact with an infected animal. The virus can live for years in animal populations such as bats and monkeys without harming the animals, becoming dangerous to humans only when humans prepare and eat infected bush meat.’
via Ebola and Climate Change: Are Humans Responsible for the Severity of the Current Outbreak?.
‘After reviewing 343 studies on the topic, researchers in Europe and the United States concluded that organic crops and organic-crop-based foods contained higher concentrations of antioxidants on average than conventionally grown foods.’
via Organic foods are more nutritious, according to review of 343 studies – LA Times.
‘5 December 2013 – 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.’
‘The Norwegian military announced on Tuesday that it’s putting its soldiers on a new diet. In an effort aimed not at cutting waistlines, but combating climate change, the army is imposing a vegetarian diet once a week for its troops. The goal is to cut its consumption of environmentally unfriendly foods, like meat, as the UN Food and Agriculture Organization attributes 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions to livestock farming.’
via Norway’s military imposes vegetarian diet to help fight climate change..
‘WARSAW, Nov 21 Reuters – Nitrous oxide N20 emissions could almost double by 2050 if more aggressive action is not taken, undermining global efforts to curb climate change, the United Nations’ Environment Programme UNEP said on Thursday.’
via Nitrous oxide emissions could double by 2050 -UNEP | Reuters.
‘Climate change will pose sharp risks to the world’s food supply in coming decades, potentially undermining crop production and driving up prices at a time when the demand for food is expected to soar, scientists have found.’
via Climate Change Seen Posing Risk to Food Supplies – NYTimes.com.
‘Of the roughly 7 billion people in the world, an estimated 870 million suffer each day from hunger.’
‘Warmer oceans will carry less dissolved oxygen, causing fish to grow to smaller sizes and forcing them to move to cooler waters, the research published in the journal Nature Climate Change claims.’
via Global warming ‘may lead to smaller fish’ – Climate Change – Environment – The Independent.
‘(Reuters) – A decline in the diversity of farmed plants and livestock breeds is gathering pace, threatening future food supplies for the world’s growing population, the head of a new United Nations panel on biodiversity said on Monday.’
via Decline in biodiversity of farmed plants, animals gathering pace | Reuters.