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PARIS, July 4, 2023 (AFP) – The risks of harvest failures in multiple global breadbaskets have been underestimated, according to a study Tuesday that researchers said should be a “wake up call” about the threat climate change poses to our food systems. Food production is both a key source of planet-warming emissions and highly exposed to the effects of climate change, with climate and crop models used to figure out just what the impacts could […]
by Raziye Akkoc Agence France-Presse AKKUZULU, Turkey (AFP) – Turkish farmer Hava Keles stares inconsolably at withered vines of rotting tomatoes in a field that has been devastated by a series of droughts blamed on climate change. “My tomatoes, my beans, my peppers are ruined. My watermelons didn’t even grow. The cucumbers I planted have shrivelled up on the branches,” lamented Keles, 58, standing in an arid Anatolian plot in Akkuzulu, north of Ankara. Keles […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Cynthia Villar urged Filipinos to plant vegetables in their own backyards, noting that such a practice was the correct community response to the rising cost of commodities. “Urban gardening is possible even in the most crowded areas. You should seriously consider this new norm to ensure not only food on your tables, but the health of your family as well,” Villar, chair of the Senate committee on food and agriculture, said. According to […]
Patuloy pa rin ang usapin tungkol sa kaligtasan at epekto ng Genetically Modified Crops. Marami pa rin kasing mga kababayan natin ang hindi pabor sa mga GMO product. Tulad ng BT talong at golden rice. Ayon kay Dr. Milton Strokes , Director for Global Health and Nutrition Outreach ng Monsato. Makakatulong ang GM crops sa Pilipinas upang matugunan ang nutritional requirements ng mga Pinoy.
Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Sept. 24 – A lawmaker advised the farmers from the provinces in Luzon area to adjust their cropping season as a practical solution to mitigate the emerging effect of the El Niño phenomenon. Senator Cynthia Villar, the current chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, made her call when she attended the Luzon wide congress of the agriculture and fishery councils (AFC) held recently in one Vittoria hotel in […]
