FAO Director-General speaks at International Forum on Agriculture and Climate Change FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva. 20 February 2015, Paris – The model of agricultural production that predominates today is not suitable for the new food security challenges of the 21st century, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today.
Photo – Noah Goodrich.Sierra Leone Forest Ebola is sweeping through West Africa, affecting Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. As of the 16th October, 4,5oo people have died from the disease and 9,000 have been infected. The international response is painfully slow but after Ebola came to the USA, the rush to help and cure the disease is underway. The WHO has said this is the most complex and largest outbreak of Ebola. The first outbreak of Ebola came in 1976 near the Ebola River in the Democratic of the Congo. In light of the recent Ebola outbreak, some researchers are…
Today, World Wildlife Fund released the 2014 Living Planet Report. The report is always a must read update on the state of the planet, but this edition is especially important for anyone who cares about biodiversity. The headline finding is that vertebrate populations around the world have declined by an average of 52% between 1970 and 2010. Let me put that statistic in personal terms. There are only half as many animals on the planet as there were when I was a child. And if you live in a developing country, the numbers are even more dramatic. If you dig…
“Semi-intensive coop not only has reduced losses of poultry from wild animals and thieves but also help to maintain good sanitation around the houses.”
New Pest and Disease Records (20 August 14)
