La FAO - Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'alimentazione e l'agricoltura (FAO), in collaborazione con la Piattaforma lattiero-casearia globale (GDP) e l'Alleanza globale per la ricerca sui gas serra in agricoltura (GRA) e con il sostegno finanziario del governo neozelandese, ha edito la pubblicazione “Il ruolo della salute animale negli impegni nazionali per il clima”.
The brief has been produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, in collaboration with the Global Dairy Platform (GDP) and the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA) and with the financial support of the New Zealand Government.
“Soil and climate - Climate impact of organic soil management”: si intitola così un nuovo opuscolo informativo FIBL che esamina da vicino il ruolo che gioca l'agricoltura nel cambiamento climatico. Vengono presentati vari risultati scientifici che mostrano il potenziale dell'agricoltura biologica nella mitigazione del cambiamento climatico.
The fact sheet takes a closer look at the multifaceted role of agriculture in climate change. Various scientific findings are presented that show the potential of organic farming to mitigate climate change.
FIBL, insieme ai partner IFOAM Organics Europe e Bio Suisse, organizza la prima edizione di une evento tutto dedicato ai giovani interessati all’agricoltura biologica, l”Organics Europe Youth Event-OEYE”, che avrà luogo dal 31.08. - 1.09.2022 presso il FiBL a Frick.
Si è aperta la registrazione per il Congresso Europeo del Biologico 2021, che si svolgerà dal 16 al 18 giugno, online e in diretta da Lisbona. Questa edizione del Congresso è gratuita.
The study was published in “Ecological Indicators”. Energy analysis in peach orchards is useful to decide best management strategies. The objectives of this study were to evaluate (a) the energy flow among conventional, integrated and organic farming systems and (b)the effect of farming system to greenhouse gas-emissions. Sixteen farms (four conventional, nine integrated, three organic) at six locations in northern Greece were selected randomly during the years 2008 and 2009.
The IUCN publication indicates that recent major international reports have highlighted the alarming impact of food production systems on climate change, land and biodiversity. This report shows that common ground between the agriculture and conservation sectors for mutually beneficial action exists, and that there is great potential for widespread adoption of sustainable agricultural practices that can meet our needs for food, feed, fibre, and energy.
Climate change, increasing energy demand, and fossil fuel constraints have led to many plights regarding sustainable food and agricultural production. The purpose of this paper is to assess of exergoenvironmental aspects across different paddy production systems, including conventional (CS), low external input (LEI), and organic systems (OS) in Iran. Also, life cycle cost (LCC) and the emissions costs have been considered as a novelty for these scenarios. Data were collected through interviews from 213 paddy producers.
About 130 studies were analyzed to compare farm-level energy use and global warming potential (GWP) of organic and conventional production sectors. Cross cutting issues such as tillage, compost, soil carbon sequestration and energy offsets were also reviewed. Finally, we contrasted E and GWP data from the wider food system. We concluded that the evidence strongly favours organic farming with respect to whole-farm energy use and energy efficiency both on a per hectare and per farm product basis, with the possible exception of poultry and fruit sectors.