https://www.bizcommunity.com/417/643.html Rest of Africa news 15 Sustainable Farming news - Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/417/643.html en-us Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:51:03 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/643/200686.html I study insects for a living, and bumblebees are by far my favourite. They're the most charismatic and friendly critters you're likely to see out and about. Sadly, your chances of seeing a bumblebee in Europe and North America have dropped by a third since 1970, according to new research. 1-200686 Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:55:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Farming Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/643/200303.html Seventy-three scientists from around the world, led by Prof Jeff Harvey from the Netherlands Institute for Ecology, has come up with a roadmap for global insect conservation and recovery. The roadmap, which calls for action in the short-, medium- and long-term, was published recently in Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1-200303 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:25:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Farming Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/643/198416.html The Government of Italy, with support from the FAO, recently held an event highlighting Mediterranean and other traditional healthy diets as fundamental to a food system that respects the environment, culture and well-being of people, and sustainable development. 1-198416 Thu, 28 Nov 2019 07:52:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Farming Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/643/197700.html Oil spills can be deadly, killing microscopic organisms, thus damaging entire food chains and causing severe environmental damage. To combat oil spills, Oil Spill Eater II (OSE II) was developed in 1989 in the USA and has been used to clean up more than 44 000 spills since. Approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency (and featured on the National Contingency Plan List) and the UK Marine Management Organisation, OSE II is now available in South Africa through Lubrication Engineers (LE) SA. 1-197700 Fri, 08 Nov 2019 10:35:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Farming Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/643/196046.html Noting that food systems are huge economic, social and environmental drivers of transformational change, FAO director-general Qu Dongyu believes turning them into accelerators of progress on the SDGs is essential to achieving several core objectives of the 2030 Agenda. These include ending extreme poverty, addressing hunger an all forms of malnutrition, protecting and restoring the world's biodiversity and natural resources, and combatting and building resilience to climate change. 1-196046 Fri, 27 Sep 2019 09:29:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Farming Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/643/194588.html How important are bees and what will happen when they go extinct? Is there research into what is killing them? I've been told it's weed killers... - Tink, aged 18, Cornwall, UK. Bees - including honey bees, bumble bees and solitary bees - are very important because they pollinate food crops. Pollination is where insects move pollen from one plant to another, fertilising the plants so that they can produce fruit, vegetables, seeds and so on. If all the bees went extinct, it would destroy the delicate balance of the Earth's ecosystem and affect global food supplies. 1-194588 Wed, 21 Aug 2019 09:08:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Farming Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/643/194319.html It is no secret that food security, health and sustainability are concerns around the world. The knock-on effect to this is the need to address hunger, lifestyle diseases and climate change. One of the primary considerations of this discussion is centred around changing how agriculture and farming are being done. 1-194319 Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:59:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Farming Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/643/192284.html There is no doubt that Africa is grappling with numerous challenges such as climate change, low agricultural productivity, poor health standards, rapid growing population and poverty. 1-192284 Fri, 21 Jun 2019 13:21:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Farming Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/643/189349.html Climate change is underway, and human activities such as urbanisation, industrialisation and food production are key contributors. Food production alone accounts for around 25% of global carbon emissions. Ironically, the changing weather patterns and more frequent extreme weather events resulting from climate change also put the world's food supplies at risk. 1-189349 Thu, 04 Apr 2019 05:59:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Farming Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/358/187058.html During a recent Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) panel discussion, director general, José Graziano da Silva emphasised the need to achieve sustainable agriculture practices, with reference to a newly launched publication, Sustainable Food and Agriculture: An Integrated Approach which aims to present state-of-the-art evidence on how sustainable agriculture can be continuously improved at different scales. 1-187058 Wed, 06 Feb 2019 13:58:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Farming Rest of Africa