Swedish forests grow by a total of 110 million cubic metres a year, and the net reduction of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as a result of Swedish forestry and wood production, is 60 million metric tons a year.
This is equivalent to the entire carbon dioxide emissions for the whole of the...
Feb
23
In the dry climate of southern Spain’s agricultural cork belt near Seville, a German couple are trying to turn back the clock to a traditional way of farming.
In 1996, Hans-Gerd Neglein and Ernestine Lüdeke bought a 600-hectare (1483 acres) cork and livestock farm, in a bid to create a...
Feb
21
Grupo Cordorniu is a family-owned wine company, and with six wineries in Spain, California and Argentina, it is one of the largest wine producers in the world.
Xavier Farre, Director of Grupo Codorniu says the philosophy of the company is “to work with nature…instead of working...
Jan
23
Integrated rice-duck farming has helped farmers to spend less money on harmful pesticides.
Rice farmers in the Philippines have found an ally as they try to protect their crops from pests and the effects of global warming. Farmers use ducks to help keep the water in their paddies fresh, and to get...
Dec
03
Cattle and wild animals like zebra: not always mutually exclusive on African rangelands.Photo: Ryan Sensenig
Competition on the East African Savanna
Tension between humans and wild animals is a problem that has caused frustration for generation after generation of farmers and ranchers, in addition...
Oct
21
Credit: Giulio Napolitano. © FAO
Director-General Jacques Diouf of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization issued a statement on September 7, 2011, regarding growing concerns about global soil resources and food security.
Speaking in Rome at a three-day meeting to launch the new...
Sep
14
Source: Oxfam East Africa/Creative Commons
A consensus has emerged that the drought in East Africa may be a natural disaster, but the famine was caused by human failures. Given the complexity of the story, we’re devoting this week’s Roundup to coverage during the past few days from a...
Aug
13
Traditional providers of milk, meat and fertilizer can also be grazing fuel factories. Credit: Betsy Crowfoot.
Biogas has been collected for years by major first-world agricultural entities, landfills and manufacturers, but now families in developing countries and environmentally at-risk sites also...
Aug
11
