Climate change and agriculture

HAZELWOOD, Mo. — With the push of a red button, a milky-colored liquid sprayed onto a load of corn seed at a warehouse in central Missouri. It was a hint of a revolution underway in US agriculture, driven by a desire to combat climate change while still feeding and fueling the world.

Although temperatures remain at unseasonably high levels, the first rains have begun to fall, which means now is the time to get busy with your garden and plants for a new productive, colorful and textured season. We used to say that the beginning is half of everything, and not without reason.

The fire that broke out in small tanks of nitric acid and packaged fertilizers in the courtyard of a chemical and fertilizer factory in Neoktista Aspropyrgos, western Attica, on Tuesday, has been brought under control.

During the firefighting efforts, three firefighters experienced respiratory problems and were transported to Attikon Hospital.

Fifteen million fewer deaths per year, a 29% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, a 51% reduction in land use, and 5 trillion in annual benefits from the economic, health and environmental outcomes of food production and consumption systems would be the minimal benefits if all countries adopted a planetary health diet resembling the traditional Mediterranean diet, according to studies of the

Customs inspectors from the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (AADE) discovered and seized a substantial quantity of narcotics in raw form at the Port of Piraeus. 

A cargo container arriving from Ecuador and bound for Croatia declared as fertilizer, raised suspicion. An X-ray inspection revealed sacks with varying densities, prompting further scrutiny. 

In a bid to promote agricultural development and increase tropical fruit diversity, a project named "Hobby Garden and Tropical Fruit Promotion Center" has been initiated in the southern province of Antalya's Alanya district.

The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has announced that it will provide smart agriculture training to a total of 43,000 farmers in order to ensure the sustainable utilization of natural resources and promote water conservation in agriculture.

The PM said Brazil has a vital role to play in climate change and the food trade

Deadly with extreme weather now, climate change is about to get so much worse. It is likely going to make the world sicker, hungrier, poorer, gloomier and way more dangerous in the next 18 years with an "unavoidable" increase in risks, a new United Nations science report says.

And after that watch out.

A new report published on Tuesday estimated that more than 120 million people could slip into poverty within the next decade because of climate change.   As extreme weather events such as droughts, floods and hurricanes become more frequent, the world's poorest people will be forced to "choose between starvation and migration," the report warned.