Tag: Agriculture and Fishing
the sei whale makes its return off the coast of Patagonia
Almost 100 years after deserting the Argentinian coasts due to hunting, the sei whale, the third largest species of whale in the world, has reappeared off the coast of Patagonia.…
Faced with floods, concern for the hard-hit agricultural sector
The Brazilian government has promised to release some 10 billion euros for the reconstruction of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, a region devastated by unprecedented deadly floods and…
Changing food production can cut global emissions by a third, says World Bank
Changing the way food is produced on a global scale can reduce all greenhouse gas emissions by almost a third, while still feeding people, according to a World Bank report…
“Le Parisien” partly unveils the new Écophyto pesticide reduction strategy Écophyto
This was one of the reasons for the angry movement of farmers at the start of the year: the regulations concerning the use of pesticides. It is called the Ecophyto…
government announcements open a new phase, judge the majority unions
It is a new phase which is now opening with the latest announcements from the Prime Minister on agriculture, commented on Saturday April 27, the majority unions, the FNSEA and…
European Parliament adopts CAP review to appease agricultural anger
It is an emergency procedure to respond to the anger of farmers. This Wednesday, April 24, MEPs voted hastily for a revision of the rules of the Common Agricultural Policy…
an Ivorian NGO warns of the Liberian origin of cocoa beans exported by Ivory Coast
An investigation carried out by an Ivorian NGO revealed this Monday, April 22, that cocoa beans exported by Côte d’Ivoire come from deforested lands in neighboring Liberia. A few months…
Near Madagascar, coral reefs also threatened by the phenomenon of bleaching
The world is currently experiencing, for the second time in ten years, a massive episode of coral bleaching due to record ocean temperatures, the American Oceanic and Atmospheric Observing Agency…
two planter organizations make their voices heard
In Ivory Coast, several cocoa producers continue to demand an increase in cocoa selling prices. About ten days ago, the Minister of Agriculture had set the farm gate price at…
behind the land law in preparation, the distrust of defenders of family farming
The end of the four-day workshop this weekend, organized by the Malagasy Ministry of Decentralization and Territorial Planning to prepare the future land law. A new law which aims to…