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ATP News Agriculture has been seen either as a cause or victim of global warming at the UN climate change talks over the past few years – something that has thwarted efforts to attract the investment it needs, say scientists. Read it all The vast majority of the British public believe farmers have a responsibility to protect the countryside for future generations, a survey has found. Read it all UK AGRICULTURE “punches above its weight” in terms of trade, corporate and political power but is well down the league compared with other major trading blocks around the world, according to a unique analysis by SAC’s rural policy division of where the real power lies in global agriculture and trade. Read it all An effort by US donors and multinational agribusiness Monsanto to partner with Nepal to boost local maize production with imported hybrid seeds has met civil society opposition calling – instead – for home-grown solutions. Read it all For the vast majority of history, human beings have exercised limited power over nature. With the advent of modern industry and globalization, however, this power has grown swiftly, often resulting in great environmental abuse. In Living with Other Creatures: Green Exegesis and Theology (Baylor University Press), Richard Bauckham writes for the church in this context, [...] After months during which Ugandans have endured endless bickering among their politicians about stolen elections – now finally, some potentially good news:The government is cooking up something exciting; in a move one might christen “cows for all,” it is planning to give six cows to every homestead. Read it all |
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