Tag: Agriculture and Fishing
“Overshoot Day”: advancing major transformations sector by sector to reduce our footprint”
Each year, Global Footprint Network calculates “overshoot day” for the world. For 2022, the “overshoot day” for France falls on May 5, about 5 months earlier than in 1961. If…
French poultry affected by a major avian flu epizootic
France is facing an epizootic of rare intensity and above all of an almost unprecedented extent. More than 1,300 farms have been affected. They had to euthanize at least 15…
in the face of rising commodity prices, manufacturers allowed to “adapt”
Food and energy prices, whose rise has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, could remain high until 2024, estimates the World Bank. According to the institution, this is the…
Autumn processionary caterpillar: the FAO maintains its alert system
It is a scourge that appeared in 2016 on African soil. The autumn processionary caterpillar, which wreaks havoc in crops and in particular those of maize, now affects all continents.…
export wheat to meet war-related shortages in Ukraine
Russia and Ukraine are among the largest wheat exporters in the world and the war between the two countries has therefore caused this trade to fall. And this is starting…
The seaweed rush – Great report
It is a booming market which today weighs 15 billion euros in the world, and which is still largely untapped. Algae, potentially veritable green gold, suffer from a bad reputation,…
In Kenya, companies are worried about the elections and the war in Ukraine
The Kenyan Ministry of Finance this week presented a budget of 28 billion dollars. Objective: to revive an economy affected by the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs caused…
Vladimir Putin wants to monitor the export of food products
The Russian president has asked his government to be careful about exporting Russian food products. The world economic crisis and the sanctions make explode the prices in Russia also the…
Cold wave in France: “we will only see the damage in a few days”
In France, the night of Sunday April 3 to Monday April 4 was the coldest recorded since 1947 according to Météo France. Farmers, arborists and winegrowers will be the main…
Dmitry Medvedev proposes to no longer deliver agricultural products to “unfriendly” countries
Russia may no longer deliver grain and agricultural products to countries it considers “unfriendly”. It is the former Russian President and Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev who is at the origin…