Between 2003 and 2013, more than a quarter of all farms in the EU disappeared while the average area per agricultural holding increased by 38%. These are the first results of the latest EU farm structure survey published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In 2013, there were 10.8 million farms in […]
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Between 2003 and 2013, more than a quarter of all farms in the EU disappeared while the average area per agricultural holding increased by 38%. These are the first results of the latest EU farm structure survey published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In 2013, there were 10.8 million farms in
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Natural disasters related to climate change have become more frequent and severe over the past three decades, causing damages to the agricultural sector and putting developing countries at risk of growing food insecurity, the UN has warned. Published ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 21, which opens in Paris on Monday, a
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Natural disasters related to climate change have become more frequent and severe over the past three decades, causing damages to the agricultural sector and putting developing countries at risk of growing food insecurity, the UN has warned. Published ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 21, which opens in Paris on Monday, a
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An agroecological revolution has been working its way across the African continent, helping to secure farmers’ livelihoods, new research shows. The Oakland Institute, a US-based policy think tank, has released 33 case studies that shed light on the tremendous success of agroecological agriculture in Africa in the face of climate change, hunger, and poverty. “These
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An agroecological revolution has been working its way across the African continent, helping to secure farmers’ livelihoods, new research shows. The Oakland Institute, a US-based policy think tank, has released 33 case studies that shed light on the tremendous success of agroecological agriculture in Africa in the face of climate change, hunger, and poverty. “These
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A Brazilian court has found Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta responsible for the murder of a rural farm worker carried out by private armed militia. The 1st Civil Court of Cascavel ruled that the company must pay compensation to the family of Valmir Mota de Oliveira (aka Keno) for the moral and material damages caused, as
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A Brazilian court has found Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta responsible for the murder of a rural farm worker carried out by private armed militia. The 1st Civil Court of Cascavel ruled that the company must pay compensation to the family of Valmir Mota de Oliveira (aka Keno) for the moral and material damages caused, as
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The unnecessary use of antibiotics in food-producing animals is endangering medicine’s ability to treat life-threatening infections in young patients, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) warns in a new report. According to the authors, “The overuse and misuse of antimicrobial agents in veterinary and human medicine is, in large part, responsible for the emergence of
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The unnecessary use of antibiotics in food-producing animals is endangering medicine’s ability to treat life-threatening infections in young patients, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) warns in a new report. According to the authors, “The overuse and misuse of antimicrobial agents in veterinary and human medicine is, in large part, responsible for the emergence of
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