Achieving the Paris Agreement necessitates transformative changes across all sectors globally, including significant reductions in AFOLU emissions and increased carbon sinks, particularly in Latin America where AFOLU emissions account for 46% of total emissions, mostly driven by commodity agriculture and livestock. This report analyses the status of the sector’s alignment …
The Obama administration is laying the groundwork for possible retaliation in response to a European law requiring airlines to pay for carbon emissions. Discussions between key agencies have ramped up recently, although there is no consensus yet on what, if anything, the U.S. government should do unilaterally or in concert …
Simulation based on data from the GRACE satellites and historical weather records reveals the effects of this year's drought in Texas (driest conditions shown in dark red) Groundwater levels have dropped in many places across the globe over the past nine years, a pair of gravity-monitoring satellites finds. This trend …
Ambassador of Argentina Rodolfo J Martin-Saravia on Wednesday offered technical assistance in agriculture sector, particularly for plantation of soybean in Pakistan. While speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) here on Wednesday, he said Argentina is the biggest soybean grower while Pakistan is the largest consumer of …
Grain output is growing as farmers chase high prices, according to US government figures, suggesting food inflation pressures may abate in the months to come. Farmers would harvest 681.2m tonnes of wheat and record crops of 860.1m tonnes of corn and 461.4m tonnes of rice in the current year, the …
The musty jaguar pelts on display at a government office in Buenos Aires are a grim reminder of the big cat's precarious existence in Argentina's northern forests. The Iguazu waterfalls that border Paraguay and Brazil mark what is now the outer limit of the jaguar's range. Just 50 of the …
World rice production is expected to touch a record 480.5 million tonnes this year on the back of higher output in Asia, Egypt, Argentina, Mozambique, the US and Russian Federation, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations. “The outlook for global rice production in 2011 …
Food commodity prices are likely to stay high and volatile during the next few years because of rising demand, more frequent extreme weather and the biofuel industry, according to a report from the UN’s agriculture agencies. Rising food prices and increasing volatility have become a big political and economic problem, …
It was once described as the most British corner of Buenos Aires and frequented by writers such as Graham Greene and Jorge Luis Borges. The grand old Cafe Richmond in the Argentine capital is being replaced by a Nike shop. “The Richmond was the only place you could get a …
The Argentine government’s PERMER (Project for Renewable Energy in Rural Markets) programme, introduced in 1999, provides electricity for basic lighting and social communication needs for families and public services in remote, rural areas, which are beyond the reach of the grid. Focusing on residential users and schools, this case study …
With private sector spending on exploration of commodities like gold and diamonds pegged at an insufficient $1 billion over the next five years, a Mines Ministry panel has favoured opening up all mineral-bearing areas, barring sensitive zones, to entrepreneurs.
A vast cloud of ash spewing from a Chilean volcano disrupted air travel on Wednesday across much of South America, as heavy rains around the eruption site prompted fears of mudslides. Air traffic was sharply curtailed on the continent as the ash cloud drifted over Argentina, and into Brazil. Flights …
Rising forest density in many countries is helping to offset climate change caused by deforestation from the Amazon basin to Indonesia, a study showed on Sunday. The report indicated that the size of trees in a forest -- rather than just the area covered -- needed to be taken into …
Herbicide tolerance and GM crops: Why the world should round up glyphosate, is a report created by Greenpeace and GM Freeze, UK, that is based on about 200 scientific studies recently published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. It presents the current scientific evidence of the harm caused by glyphosate. http://www.greenpeace.org/international/Global/international/publications/agriculture/2011/363%20-%20GlyphoReportDEF-LR.pdf
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon surged in March and April, the government said on Wednesday, fueling criticism that a proposed law to ease land-use rules may be spurring illegal tree-felling. Brazil's Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira told reporters the government was creating a "crisis cabinet" to investigate the jump in destruction …
Chile gave the green light on Monday to the divisive $3.5 billion HidroAysen hydro-power dam project that promises to ease energy squeezes, despite objections that it will ruin pristine Patagonian valleys. Chile, the world's top copper producer, is seeking to boost and diversify its power grid to confront rising energy …
Pakistan and Argentine will collaborate in the field of agricultural research in an effort to boost agriculture sector and prop up economy of the country. Chairman PARC Dr Muhammad Afzal expressed these views while talking to Ambassador of Argentina Rodolfo J Martin Saravia. It is to be noted that Pakistan …
A climate change study that projected a 2.4 degree Celsius increase in temperature and massive worldwide food shortages in the next decade was seriously flawed, scientists said on Wednesday. The study was posted on the website of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and was written about by …
Argentina's farm minister said on Friday it is in talks with China over exporting corn to the Asian country, which does not currently buy Argentine corn due to curbs on genetically modified varieties. Argentina is the world's second-biggest corn supplier after the United States. Rumors swirled earlier this year that …
