Agriculture and Fisheries
Nitrogen footprint warning from European agencyGuardian Unlimited | 10 Apr 2011New study says nitrogen pollution costs every person in Europe £650 a year in damage to water, climate, health and wildlife. Nitrogen pollution is costing every person in Europe up to £650 a year in damage to water, climate, health and wildlife, a study warns. Scientists behind the research said nitrogen was needed as fertiliser to help feed a growing world population - but suggested that eating less meat could reduce the amount of pollution caused by agriculture.
Agriculture and Fisheries | Biodiversity | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Health | Research Ethiopia at centre of global farmland rushGuardian Unlimited | 21 Mar 2011Locals move out as international contractors seize opportunities offered by government to lease farmland at knockdown rates. It's the deal of the century: £150 a week to lease more than 2,500 sq km (1,000 sq miles) of virgin, fertile land - an area the size of Dorset – for 50 years. Bangalore-based food company Karuturi Global says it had not even seen the land when it was offered by the Ethiopian government with tax breaks thrown in.
Ethiopia | Agriculture and Fisheries | Economy Untapped crop data from Africa predicts corn peril if temperatures riseScienceDaily.com | 15 Mar 2011Researchers have found a valuable, untapped resource in historical data from crop yield trials conducted across sub-Saharan Africa. Combined with weather records, they show that yield losses would occur across 65 percent of maize-growing areas from a temperature rise of a single degree Celsius, even with sufficient water. Data from yield tests in other regions of the world could help predict changes in crop yields from climate change.
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