Agriculture Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/tag/agriculture/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Sun, 22 Apr 2018 16:10:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 From thorny to tasty: ĢƵ agriculture agency looking at cactus as climate resilient food /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/11/thorny-tasty-un-agriculture-agency-looking-cactus-climate-resilient-food/ Thu, 30 Nov 2017 23:10:51 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=42901 With the reality of climate change becoming more real by the day, including its impact on food sources, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is urging communities around the world not to take the prickly cactus for granted.

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]]> COP23: Agriculture can be solution to climate change, says Mars Inc. executive /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/11/cop23-agriculture-can-solution-climate-change-says-mars-inc-executive/ Fri, 17 Nov 2017 16:48:28 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=42571 The post COP23: Agriculture can be solution to climate change, says Mars Inc. executive appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> Day 5 at COP23: Global Action Days kick off with SDGs in spotlight /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/11/day-5-at-cop23-global-action-days-kick-off-with-sdgs-in-spotlight/ Fri, 10 Nov 2017 19:26:42 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=34573 Al Gore addresses the conference saying, "I’m gonna show you some slides. That’s what I do," and we speak with an astronaut.

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]]> New initiatives in energy, water and agriculture sectors announced as Action Days begin /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/11/new-initiatives-in-energy-water-and-agriculture-sectors-announced-as-action-days-begin/ Fri, 10 Nov 2017 18:49:35 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=34567 In Bonn, new initiatives were announced to push forward the transition to renewable energy and to show that more ambitious clean energy development can quickly become a bigger part of national climate plans submitted under the Paris Agreement.

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]]> Live from COP23: Behind the scenes in Bonn /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/11/cop23-liveblog/ Wed, 01 Nov 2017 20:03:15 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=34045 The COP23 in Bonn, Germany, starts on Mon., 6 November. The ĢƵ Department of Public Information will be on the scene, writing a daily blog post.

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]]> Report: Small farmers can earn big returns by investing in climate adaptation /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/11/report-small-farmers-can-earn-big-returns-by-investing-in-climate-adaptation/ Wed, 09 Nov 2016 21:17:41 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=22343 IFAD report shows that for every dollar invested through its Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP), farmers could earn a return of between $1.40 and $2.60 over a 20 year period by applying climate change adaptation practices.

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]]> Pulses are praised for health, ecological and economic benefits /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/04/pulses-are-praised-for-health-ecological-and-economic-benefits/ Tue, 19 Apr 2016 19:49:52 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=16496 "Pulses are good for people, and are good for soils," Eduardo Mansur, the head of FAO's land and water division, said today at an event that highlighted the promising future of edible seeds such as lentils, chickpeas and pigeon peas, all often neglected in the shadow of the world's major staple grains.

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]]> Ethiopia: $50 million needed to tackle food insecurity caused by El Niño-induced drought, says ĢƵ /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/01/ethiopia-50-million-needed-to-tackle-food-insecurity-caused-by-el-nino-induced-drought-says-un/ Fri, 15 Jan 2016 15:25:55 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=14507 As the worst El Niño-induced drought has sparked a sharp deterioration in food security and massive drop in agricultural and pastoral production in Ethiopia, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) presented a $50 million plan to assist agriculture- and livestock-dependent households and enhance their resilience.

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]]> An age-old model of healthy living, the Mediterranean diet is now under threat – ĢƵ /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/06/an-age-old-model-of-healthy-living-the-mediterranean-diet-is-now-under-threat-un/ Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:40:16 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=5989 The Mediterranean region is undergoing a “nutrition transition” away from its traditional diet, long revered as a model for healthy living and sustainable food systems and known for preserving the environment and empowering local producers, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned.

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]]> ĢƵ agency reports world food prices declining to six-year low /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/06/un-agency-reports-world-food-prices-declining-to-six-year-low/ Thu, 04 Jun 2015 19:48:48 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=5827 The prices of major food commodities continued their downward trajectory through May as cereal prices dropped amid an increasingly favourable forecast for this year’s harvests, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) confirmed today.

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]]> Forests pivotal to new sustainable development agenda /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/05/forests-pivotal-to-new-sustainable-development-agenda/ Mon, 04 May 2015 13:55:15 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=4704 Deliberations beginning this week at the eleventh session of the ĢƵ Forum on Forests present an unprecedented opportunity to forge an international forest policy for the next 15 years that will be aligned with the new sustainable development agenda expected to be adopted in September.

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]]> Agriculture bears brunt of disaster impacts, new report says /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/03/agriculture-bears-brunt-of-disaster-impacts-new-report-says/ Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:43:33 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=2279 Farmers in developing nations bear the "major brunt" of natural disasters yet receive just a small percentage of post-disaster aid, says a new study released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) at the ĢƵ World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan.

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