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FAO - Food production will have to increase by 70 percent

25-Sep-2009
Producing 70 percent more food for an additional 2.3 billion people by 2050 while at the same time combating poverty and hunger, using scarce natural resources more efficiently and adapting to climate change are the main challenges world agriculture will face in the coming decades, according to an FAO discussion paper.

USA - EPA to require greenhouse gas reporting

25-Sep-2009
On Jan. 1, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will, for the first time, require large emitters of heat-trapping emissions to begin collecting greenhouse gas data under a new reporting system. This new program will cover approximately 85 percent of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions and apply to roughly 10,000 facilities.

United Kingdom - Top multiples sign-up to campaign

24-Sep-2009
Tesco and Morrisons have signed up to a campaign to improve country of origin labelling on meat products. The retail giants have agreed to back the Conservative Party’s ‘Honest Food’ campaign and provide more information to consumers about where its meat products come from.

Thailand to turn waste from pig farms to worth

23-Sep-2009
Thailand’s Department of Livestock Development (DLD) and the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Co-operatives (BAAC) have started a project to turn waste water and manure from swine farms to a worth at crop farms.