Crops
A crop is a plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence. Crops may refer either to the harvested parts or to the harvest in a more refined state. Most crops are cultivated in agriculture or aquaculture. A crop may include macroscopic fungus (e.g. mushrooms), or alga. Most crops are harvested as food for humans or fodder for livestock. Some crops are gathered from the wild (including intensive gathering, e.g. ginseng). Important non-food crops include horticulture, floriculture and industrial crops. Horticulture crops include plants used for other crops (e.g. fruit trees). Floriculture crops …
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PCNS: Policy Center for the New South · 6 December 2024 English
The floods are a stark reminder of the vulnerability of the LCB region—its economies and populations— to climate change-related shocks.5 This policy brief, part of a series analyzing the floods, …
while also destroying seasonal crops. Some of these essential food crops are millet and corn, which are … and pastures. Farmers struggle to cultivate their crops, while herders are forced to move their livestock … farmers, enabling them to plan and avoid investing in crops at high risk of destruction. • Prevention Strategies: … livestock herding, and fishing. Farmers lost their crops, herders saw a reduction in their livestock, and …
Reclaim Finance · 5 December 2024 English
This report examines the environmental, social, and financial implications of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) expansion, highlighting the significant role of banks and investors in enabling new LNG infrastructure projects. It …
pollutant damaging for human health, ecosystems and crops.71 LNG processing and storage facilities are also …
GCNF: Global Child Nutrition Foundation · 4 December 2024 English
Gcnf report digital v4 School Meal Programs Around the World Results from the 2024 Global Survey of School Meal Programs © Survey Highlights SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS School Meal Programs and Food …
potatoes (OFSP) or other that can stay with children crops that were bred to contain high amounts of particular …
TNFD: Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures · 4 December 2024 English
The Park’s rich diversity of ecosystems and landscapes is a result of the interaction between the ocean and the river. [...] Growing concerns Recognising the growing pressure on the Doñana …
hectares of strawberries and other red berries crops that are being illegally farmed. In January 2022 … and legalize an area of 1,460 hectares of illegal crops under plastic in the surroundings of Doñana. This …
WHO: World Health Organization · 3 December 2024 English
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Zambia shift from growing tobacco to nutritious crops. 8. The suggested theme of World No Tobacco …
UN CCD: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification · 3 December 2024 French
Disclaimer The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the United Nations Convention …
cotton.33 As well as challenges related to climate crops, protect the environment, and improve change, water … proximately 917,000 metric tons of certified cotton crops.35, 36 Since 2014, farms involved Better Cotton … water-demanding tices, mostly in cotton cultivation.24 crops.29 Further, countries plant drought and salinity-tolerant … to land can be minimized, marginal areas where crops cannot be culti-vated. Livestock rearing, in this … countries due between the growing seasons of other crops. to its narcotic properties, even though the As …
FOE: Friends of the Earth (USA) · 2 December 2024 English
Cloud seeding was the primary weather modification activity that was widely conducted at the time with the goal of increasing rain, increasing snowpack, dissipating fog, or mitigating damage from hail, …
painting rooftops white and genetically modifying crops to have a lighter color, to the deployment of reflective … occurrence of frost in tracts or fields planted with crops susceptible to frost or freeze damage. Also expected … buildings from lightning damage, or intended to protect crops from frost damage, need to be categorically excluded …
GCNF: Global Child Nutrition Foundation · 2 December 2024 English
GLOBAL CHILD NUTRITION FOUNDATION / SCHOOL YEAR 2022-2023 / PAGE 1 OF 4 Number of Students Fed MALAWI Nutrition School feeding program(s) include/involve the following Additional Information 4 Fortified foods …
harvest losses and promote production of specific crops, school feeding-specific training, and forward contracts …
PIK: Potsdam-Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung · 2 December 2024 English
This comprehensive report, prepared for the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), examines how unsustainable land management practices are …
applied as fertiliser is actu- ally taken up by crops, and only a fraction of these nutrients is recycled … through agricultural activities. They include crops with genes for herbicide tolerance or insect resis- … arable land was planted with genetically modified crops, including 78% of all soybean yield, 76% of cotton …
World Bank Group · 29 November 2024 English
Food price inflation in Laos has surged into double digits since mid-2022, surpassing global and regional trends. High food prices impact the welfare of both consumers and agricultural producers. Holding …
and land use practices away from food crops toward cash crops—can put pressure on the food supply. Furthermore … flash flood in Attapeu. Agriculture, including crops, fisheries, livestock, forestry, and irrigation … have increasingly allocated land to commercial crops for export such as cassava and rubber, leading …
