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Posting date: September 06, 2010
Indigenous Crops to Solve Food Crises amid Climate Change
African scientists cautioned that agricultural development in rural areas based on Western-style methods could lead to increased loss of indigenous plants that are important as reliable and nutritious food sources.
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Posting date: August 04, 2010
Ecological farming: Drought-Resistant Agriculture
This Greenpeace report examines strategies to withstand drought in agriculture using ecological farming based on biodiversity.
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Posting date: July 13, 2010
Organic Agriculture Addressing Climate Change and Food Security
IFOAM and IFOAM EU Group argue that organic agriculture has a significant role to play in addressing climate change and food security.
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Posting date: July 11, 2010
Organic Agriculture for Biodiversity and Pest Control
A paper in the journal Nature provides evidence that organic farming promotes evenness among natural enemy species, a measure of biodiversity.
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Posting date: June 30, 2010
Organic Farming Gives Indian Farmers Greater Financial Security
This report finds that organic cotton farming that include practicing crop diversity can be more profitable than merely growing GM cotton.
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Posting date: June 09, 2010
Reducing Global Warming Through Organic Agriculture
Two research institutions argues that organic agriculture can help farmers adapt to climate change.
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Posting date: June 04, 2010
Ecological Food Provision for the Future
A new report from the UK Food Group points to the need for a radical shift towards more ecological and equitable food provision.
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Posting date: May 20, 2010
Organic Agriculture and Climate Change
This paper makes the case for good agricultural management via organic agriculture practices that can compensate for most of the agriculture sector’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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Posting date: May 09, 2010
Research Shows Organic Yields Can Equal or Exceed Conventional
A 12-year experiment in the United States has shown that organic yields are improving and sometimes exceeding conventional yields.
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Posting date: April 01, 2010
Tropical Small Family Farms Can Feed the Hungry and Preserve Biodiversity
Small-scale family farms that adopt sustainable agricultural techniques are more likely to preserve biodiversity in the tropics, which are facing massive deforestation, as well as address food security. This article reports on this research.
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