The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) was called for by the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 2000. Initiated in 2001, the objective of the MA was to assess the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being and the scientific basis for action needed to enhance the conservation and sustainable use of those systems and their [...]
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Farmers’ markets – Mercati del contadino
Posted in ambiente, ecologia, ecology, ecosostenibilità, enviroment, health, resource, risorse, salute, società, society, sustainability, tagged agricoltore, agricoltura, biologico, cibo, cost, ecologia, ecologico, farmer, farmers' markets, farmland, farms, filiera corta, grande distribuzione, green, greenmarkets, inquinamento, km 0, locale, locally-grown, market, mercati del contadino, mercato, natural, naturale, naturally, piccole imprese, piccoli agricoltori, pmi, production, qualità, risparmio, sano, spesa, stagionalità, sustainability, territorio, wholesale on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Farmers’ markets, sometimes called greenmarkets, are markets, usually held out-of-doors, in public spaces, where farmers can sell produce to the public. Farmers’ market produce is renowned for being locally-grown and very fresh. People argue farmers’ markets allow farmers to pick produce at the peak of flavor, preserve the nutritional content of fresh produce, and since [...]
How much biofuels contribute to higher food prices?
Posted in ambiente, cooperation, ecologia, ecology, ecosostenibilità, energy, enviroment, health, international organization, pace, peace, people, politic, resource, risorse, salute, security, sicurezza, society, solidarietà, solidarity, sustainability, tagged alimentation, émeut, biocarburanti, biofuel, céréales, cereal, cereali, cibo, ethanol, faim, fame, FAO, food, pauvreté, prices, riot, rivolte, UN on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
video by mdr+ design via youtube The idea of turning farms into fuel plants seemed, for a time, like one of the answers to high global oil prices and supply worries [...] But now a reaction is building against policies in the United States and Europe to promote ethanol and similar fuels, with political leaders [...]
World cereal reserves are depleted
Posted in ambiente, cooperation, ecosostenibilità, enviroment, health, international organization, ngo, ong, peace, people, resource, risorse, salute, solidarietà, solidarity, sustainability, tagged africa, cereal, cereal reserve, cereali, cibo, clima, crop, famine, FAO, food, grano, mais, maize, report, rice, riso, scorte, UN, weather, wheat on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Photo by Filipe Moreira via Flickr 11 April 2008, Rome – The cereal import bill of the world’s poorest countries is forecast to rise by 56 percent in 2007/2008. This comes after a significant increase of 37 percent in 2006/2007, FAO said today. For low-income food-deficit countries in Africa, the cereal bill is projected to [...]
