Men Have Their Share of Responsibility in the El Niño Phenomenon
The natural climate phenomenon El Niño corresponds to a warming of Pacific temperatures, particularly along the Peruvian and Ecuadorian ... Lire la suite...
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The Stakes of the Upcoming COP 28 Meeting
The Conference of the Parties, or the Conference of the Signatory States, is the supreme decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Clim... Lire la suite...
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Climate Change Affects Soils More Abruptly Than the Atmosphere
When experts discuss climate change, we often think about rising air or ocean temperatures, but scientists have noted that soil temperatures are also on the ris... Lire la suite...
Plants: Role of Jasmonates in Saline Stress
Scientists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) collaborated with their counterparts from the Institute for Research and Development (IRD) in Montpe... Lire la suite...
A conference on sustainable livestock farming by FAO
Because livestock farming represents a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions, FAO recently brought together various stakeholders (farmers, indigenous c... Lire la suite...
Birdsong Stimulates Plant Growth
Scientists have discovered a connection between birdsong and plant growth. Within the same ecosystem, there is an interaction between fauna and fl... Lire la suite...
Irrigating Without Wastage
Just like fertilizers, irrigation aims to improve crop yields, mitigate drought, or satisfy water-intensive crops like corn or cotton. With the agricultural sec... Lire la suite...
The Practice of Commons in Tunisia
Climate change jeopardizes water reserves. The shared and equitable management of this resource ensures food production in the poorest areas.
Houssine, a Tunis... Lire la suite...
No Food Security Without New Consumption Patterns
Climate change, consumption patterns, new food sources, urban agriculture, and biotechnologies are all elements to consider in future strategies for restructuri... Lire la suite...
Heatwave Affects Vineyards and Olive Trees in Greece
The tourist island of Kos in Greece is experiencing more frequent and intense heatwaves that are altering the island's economic capacity. The cultiv... Lire la suite...
Yields Put to the Test by the Climate
Heavy rains, heatwaves, droughts... climate events are endangering agricultural yields, according to Philippe Lehrmann, an agronomy expert. He explains that eve... Lire la suite...
African Youth Summit on Biodiversity
The second edition of the African Youth Summit on Biodiversity (AYSB2023) will be held at the Dawliz Hotel in Rabat from September 19 to 21, 2023.The event is s... Lire la suite...
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The boreal forest is subject to the whims of the climate’s rhythm
The interaction between climate, leaf greening levels, and wildfires impacts the future of the boreal forest and Canadian tundra.
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After Singapore, lab-grown meat sets its sights on the United States
In late 2020, Singapore authorized the use of lab-grown chicken meat for the production of nuggets. Now, the United States is following suit by allowing the com... Lire la suite...
The Question of African Green Hydrogen
Leaders, researchers, experts, and representatives of civil society gathered in early May in Aix-en-Provence to discuss the future of green hydrogen on a contin... Lire la suite...
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Saving the cocoa industry in the long term
CIRAD has studied the state of the cocoa sector, which is facing a multitude of challenges: climate change, deforestation, poverty, diseases...
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Land-based salmon farming in Japan
The seashore is a few dozen kilometers away, but those are salmon swimming in a large saltwater pond in Saitama, a city of one million people located in the s... Lire la suite...
Cocaine promotes deforestation
The manufacture of cocaine has a strong impact on the environmental quality of natural areas. Its culture nibbles away at wooded areas. If a gram of cocaine c... Lire la suite...
A farm to test the transition to pesticide-free agriculture
Researchers from the French institute INRAE are observing an experimental pesticide-free farm, called Domaine d'Epoisses, in the suburbs of Dijon, France.
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UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR PALM OIL
Coveted or reviled, palm oil represents a quarter of all vegetable oils. The market for this oil must meet strong demand while overcoming numerous obstacles: L... Lire la suite...
The SICLEX laboratory, simulates climates
Rather than suffer from drought or other climatic vagaries, researchers at the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INR... Lire la suite...
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Laboratory fish
Sustainable development issues often deal with terrestrial issues related to our direct environment such as soil, air or water resources, but there is also anot... Lire la suite...
The golden future of wheat, corn…and barley
Since the summer of 2020, the price curve for cereals has been steadily rising. Various concomitant factors are at play: the Niña phenomenon, the pandemic, Chin... Lire la suite...
Advocacy for a peaceful agricultural revolution
Michel Dron, secretary of the plant section at the French Academy of Agriculture, brings his thoughts on the need for a thoughtful agricultural transition, in c... Lire la suite...
Rwanda, African pioneer of the green transition
Deforestation, urbanization and climatic accidents are making life difficult for farmers in northern Rwanda who are trying to exploit their land for beans, swee... Lire la suite...
Congolese peasant women ambassadors of organic agriculture
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), poverty is on the rise. Women play a pillar role in social organization, between household, family and agricultural t... Lire la suite...
Emergence of a new peasantry in France
It is not only people in big cities who dream of a different future. A revolution is taking place, driven by committed and militant individuals who believe in a... Lire la suite...
Producing automotive parts from miscanthus
Hundreds of hectares of miscanthus - a perennial herbaceous grass native to Africa and South Asia - could be used to manufacture parts for the automotive indust... Lire la suite...