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In Brief… – for Nov. 25, 2010

By Reuters November 25, 2010

New role:Canadian Foodgrains Bank has appointed John Longhurst to the position of director, resources and public engagement. “John is a seasoned and respected professional in the areas of communications, media relations and marketing, with most of his career spent in the non-profit sector and international field,” said executive director Jim Cornelius. Longhurst has worked for

Cereals, Crops, News

Food Prices Near 2008 Levels

By Svetlana Kovalyova November 11, 2010

World food prices have come close to the 2007-08 crisis levels after a spike in October, but global supplies are stronger now and cereal prices remain well below critical levels, the UN’s food agency economist said Nov. 2. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Food Price Index hit the highest level in 27 months in

Livestock, Other livestock

Livestock Plague Could Hit Southern Africa

November 11, 2010

A viral disease which broke out in Tanzania earlier this year could spread to southern Africa, putting at risk more than 50 million sheep and goats in 15 countries, the UN’s food agency said Nov. 2. Known as peste des petits ruminants (PPR), or small ruminants’ plague, the disease does not infect humans but is

Crops

Food Security Risk If Crop Biodiversity Lost

November 4, 2010

Future global food security may be at risk unless greater efforts are made to conserve and use the genetic diversity of cultivated crops and their wild relatives, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said. The world’s cereals output needs to rise by one billion tonnes a year by 2050 to feed a population that

Cereals, Crops, News

FAO Starts Wheat Seed Distribution In Pakistan

November 4, 2010

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organizat ion has started distributing more than 20,000 tonnes of wheat seeds in Pakistan where floods have threatened a key wheat-planting season, an FAO official said. The food security of tens of millions of Pakistanis is at stake with the current planting season after floods earlier this year destroyed

Crops

Policies Should Favour Land Users

October 28, 2010

Land purchases by foreign investors in poor countries and the growing use of biofuels are pressuring agricultural farmland and pushing 500 million small farmers towards hunger, a UN envoy said on Oct. 21. Olivier De Schutter, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, said the combination of environmental degradation, urbanization and large-scale land

News

Biodiversity Of Planet In Peril, Says United Nations

By Edith Honan October 21, 2010

The world’s countries are bankrupting their natural economies and must take bold action to reverse biodiversity losses caused by pollution, deforestation and climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a UN summit on biodiversity. Ban and other leaders want world leaders to agree on a formal plan on biodiversity – the preservation of animal and plant

Opinion

Our “Response Ability”

By Laura Rance-Unger October 14, 2010

But can it feed the world? The question routinely arises when the conversation turns to organic agriculture. Conventional wisdom says organic agriculture is a nice niche for those who can afford to pay the higher premiums as compensation for the farmers’ lower yields. But the production system can’t possibly achieve the productivity that will be

News, Other livestock

Riding Mountain Aspen Parkland Receives Protection

By Bill Stilwell October 14, 2010

Critical habitat is being protected surrounding Riding Mountain National Park as part of a conservation initiative led by the Nature Conservancy of Canada. “In the Manitoba region, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is working hard to protect some of the last natural cover in the area around Riding Mountain National Park (RMNP),” said Ursula

Livestock, Oilseeds, Pulses

Canada Pushing For Biotech Changes – for Sep. 23, 2010

By Alex Binkley September 23, 2010

Canada is pushing international organizations and trading partners to accept low level levels of genetic engineering in crop shipments and adopt science-based trading rules, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. Speaking to reporters from New Delhi, India, near the end of a country trade mission, he said he repeatedly raises the issue because of problems Canadian

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