Investment in agricultural research key to offsetting climate change impacts
25 September 2019 Asupan Warta 0 CommentIssue Post September 25, 2019 Investment in agricultural research key to offsetting climate change impacts Channing Arndt Shenggen Fan Nick Austin Food systems face unprecedented challenges on multiple fronts, including increasing production while keeping the climate stable.
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Empat dari lima Anggota BPK 2019-2024 berasal dari parpol
Asupan Warta 0 CommentBPK kembali dikuasai partai politik.
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Global decarbonization will require creative solutions
Asupan Warta 0 CommentAt the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, which just concluded in New York, speaker after speaker called for drastic reduction in global CO2-emissions so as to ward off the worst effects of climate change in coming decades. Yet while low-carbon energy sources in the form of renewables have been gaining […]
Read MoreUrgent action needed now to prevent increased flood disasters as oceans warm
Asupan Warta 0 CommentSource: World Meteorological Organization, UN Environment Programme, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Country: World The ocean is warmer, more acidic and less productive. Melting glaciers and ice sheets are causing sea level rise, and coastal extreme events are becoming more severe. Choices made now are critical for the future of […]
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How to ‘Fix the Business of Food’ and Save the Planet
Asupan Warta 0 CommentFrom farm to fork, the global food industry needs to start aligning their operations with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. Pictured here, a farmer tends to vegetables in a greenhouse in Antigua, where a climate-smart agricultural initiative seeks to improve farm productivity. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPS By Samira […]
Read MoreBreaks and the Working Time Act: Obligations for Employers and Recommendations for Action
Asupan Warta 0 CommentCan ‘purpose beyond profit’ transform the world of business?
Asupan Warta 0 CommentThe new ‘Purpose Beyond Profit” declaration issued by the Business Roundtable and signed by 181 CEOs of leading US corporations is out to rewrite what it means to do business in the modern world. Contrary to the belief that the “social responsibility of business is to increase its profit,” which […]
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Panglima TNI: hujan buatan kurangi karhutla secara drastis
Asupan Warta 0 CommentANTARA – Jumlah titik api kebakaran hutan dan lahan (karhutla) pada sejumlah daerah di Sumatera dan Kalimantan kini telah menurun draktis dalam hitungan hari setelah hujan buatan turun. Panglima TNI Marsekal Hadi Tjahjanto …
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UN, African Development Bank High-Level Meeting Calls for Speed and Action on SDGs
Asupan Warta 0 CommentBy African Development BankUNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 2019 (IPS-Partners) With an estimated 390 million people living in extreme poverty, hunger and food insecurity, Africa is in a race against time to deliver on its regional and global development goals. On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Sunday, African […]
Read MoreUnderstanding Urban and Rural Household Food Consumption in Senegal
24 September 2019 Asupan Warta 0 CommentOct 1, 2019 – 03:00 pm to 05:30 pm GMT Senegal Africa West Africa Seminar Food Prices Food Security Agriculture Production Agricultural Extension Understanding Urban and Rural Household Food Consumption in Senegal Using household consumption data collected in 2017/18, this chapter analyzes patterns of urban and rural food consumption in […]
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