Top news of the week: 08.09.2020.
#biodiversity #Environment #farmers #AgSustainability #AGRF2020 #COVID19 #HowWillYouLead #foodsystems
Sustainability
RT @JonEntine: Viewpoint: EU's contradictory treatment of glyphosate and copper sulfate pesticides gives short shrift to science @AMPorterfield https://t.co/GaRudO0pi7
OpenViewpoint: EU’s contradictory treatment of glyphosate and copper sulfate pesticides gives short shrift to science
Of all the elements the EU considers in ag regulations, science gets the shortest shrift.
Pesticide Program Update: EPA Supports Technology to Benefit America’s Farmers, Improve Sustainability -proposed rules to ease restrictions on gene edited plants https://t.co/6xYRPxLdcr via @Granicus
OpenPesticide Program Update: EPA Supports Technology to Benefit America’s Farmers, Improve Sustainability
This action – which will be available for public comment for 60 days – delivers on a key directive under President Trump’s Executive Order on Modernizing the Regulatory Framework …
RT @BASFAgro: Join us in increasing #biodiversity! Here's what #farmers can initiate. Do you have more ideas? Comment below to help other farmers find their own solutions 💪 More info: https://t.co/JtTV4rKPDx
#AgSustainability #Environment https://t.co/l171CyDrU8
OpenBiodiversity And Agriculture
Farmers who work on the ‘front line’ with nature and the environment, are more than aware that the protection of ecosystems will benefit them and others in the long-term. In this regard, ...
Genomic interventions for sustainable agriculture
Agricultural production faces a Herculean challenge to feed the increasing global population. Food production systems need to deliver more with finite land and water resources while ...
RT @jasonhickel: This new paper really upends conventional narratives about international development. Basically, poor countries are developing rich countries, not the other way around. I'll highlight the key points in the thread below:
https://t.co/ju66pkMWET
OpenGlobal patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications for sustainability in the 21st century
Ecologically unequal exchange theory posits asymmetric net flows of biophysical resources from poorer to richer countries. To date, empirical evidence…
RT @EPAAWheeler: Today, along with @SenMcSally, @RepGosar, and others, I was honored to commemorate the designation of the Rio Reimagined-Rio Salado Project in Arizona as the 20th Urban Waters Federal Partnership location. https://t.co/cJUpAdbyI1
OpenTrump Administration and Partners Designate Arizona’s Rio Salado as the 20th Urban Waters Federal Partnership Project
EPA News Release: Trump Administration and Partners Designate Arizona’s Rio Salado as the 20th Urban Waters Federal Partnership Project
Smithfield Pushes To Be America’s First Carbon-Negative Meatpacker | Forbes https://t.co/Dbi0J08cFj
OpenSmithfield Pushes To Be America’s First Carbon-Negative Meatpacker
The country’s top pork producer aims to accomplish its aggressive goal by 2030.
RT @HarvestPlus: We are excited to have @ArunHarvestPlus join as a panelist for the discussion on how to ensure improvement in #foodsystems to vulnerable communities despite #COVID19. Be sure to register to join us! https://t.co/rTJ5vys4ws #AGRF2020. #HowWillYouLead https://t.co/3FUyGc01OY
OpenPRE-SESSION
11:00 – 12:45 Agri-Mechanization Solutions via South-South Triangular Cooperation Organizers: AGRA and IFAD The goal of the session is to strengthen South-South Cooperation in …