May 2, 2022 | Food & Agriculture
Accounting for 70-90% of deforestation, global agriculture is the biggest driver of forest loss. Over half of all deforestation globally serves to clear land for crops, and almost 40% to clear land for livestock [1]. Often, the rapidly growing global population and...
Apr 26, 2022 | Food & Agriculture
Tackling Deforestation: An Imperative Measure Against The Climate Crisis Halting and reversing deforestation is crucial for tackling the climate crisis and promoting long-term wellbeing of people and the planet. Forests are natural carbon sinks, removing ? of annual...
Apr 1, 2022 | Food & Agriculture
Understanding land-use change Land-use itself is a relatively broad term referring to any form of human-assigned purpose or management practice [7]. The ‘use’ of the land is then categorized based on these purposes, such as cropland, livestock grazing or...
Feb 3, 2022 | Food & Agriculture
The Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy is a European Union (EU) initiative promoting the transition of food systems towards climate neutrality, resilience against crisis, and justice [1]. This article examines F2F and presents regenerative agriculture as an exemplar of F2F...
Jan 26, 2022 | Food & Agriculture
Aquaculture describes the controlled farming of aquatic organisms, such as fish, aquatic plants and molluscs [1]. The practice has a far-reaching history and is a longstanding tradition in many countries. The term aquaculture originated in China with the common carp...
Oct 26, 2021 | Food & Agriculture
Global food demands have been increasing steadily since 1960. Meeting these growing demands would require a doubling of the quantity of crops produced worldwide by 2050 [1]. Currently, these demands are met by increasing the total area available for agriculture,...
