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Urban Farming Shows Higher Carbon Footprint than Conventional Agriculture
A new study shows that produce from urban agriculture has six times the carbon footprint of conventional farms when emissions are linked to food alone
Bulgaria’s farmers are joining Europe-wide protests
Hundreds of angry farmers took to the streets in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, on Monday to complain of what they called “the total failure” of the government to meet the mounting challenges of the agricultural sector.
Farmers in Greece dump apples and chestnuts in Europe's latest agriculture protest
In recent months, similar protests have swept Europe as farmers on the continent take their grievances over inflation, foreign competition and the costs of combating climate change to the streets.
Growing Ontario's agriculture and food export markets
The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing an additional $6 million in the Grow Ontario Market Initiative to help agri-food businesses and industry organizations expand their sales and grow their markets.
African Agriculture talks alfalfa farming and boosting food security in the continent’s Sahel region
Food insecurity is a perennial problem for the Sahel region in West Africa.
Catalonia cuts water use by 80% in agriculture, 5% in homes amid record drought
Residents of the eastern Spanish region of Catalonia will be banned from washing their cars and filling up empty swimming pools under a raft of measures announced on Thursday to alleviate the region's worst drought on record.
2024 Top Producer Next Gen Award Winner: Finding Opportunities Between the Rows
In Newport, Ark., Hallie Shoffner is focused on potential at her 2,000-acre operation, SFR Seed, a family business specializing in seed production and research. Shoffner is carrying on a mission her mother began in 1988.
Canadian Government provides aflatoxin decontamination plants to enhance trade and food security in Kenya and East Africa
The Canadian Government, through TradeMark Africa (TMA), has provided aflatoxin decontamination plants to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depots in Bungoma and Nairobi.
Tackling emissions from agriculture: a perspective from the Mekong countries
Agriculture in the Mekong countries is a growing source of greenhouse gas emissions, but the sector lags behind others, such as energy, in adopting low-emission solutions.