Farms
A farm is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used for specialised units such as arable farms, vegetable farms, fruit farms, dairy, pig and poultry farms, and land used for the production of natural fibres, biofuel and other commodities. It includes ranches, feedlots, orchards, plantations and estates, smallholdings and hobby farms, and includes the farmhouse and agricultural buildings as well as the land. In modern times the term has been extended so as to …
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Aspen Institute Germany · 4 December 2023 English
Stormy-Annika Mildn December 2023 From the Corn Belt to the Kornkammer: A Comparison of Agriculture in the United States and in Germany Examining the intricate dynamics of agriculture in Germany …
8United States Department of Agriculture, Farms and Land in Farms 2021 Summary, February 2022, https://www … United States Department of Agriculture, Farms and Land in Farms 2021 Summary, February 2022, https://www … Agriculture, 2017 Census of Agriculture Highlights, Farms and Farmland, 2019, https://www.nass.usda.gov/P … According to a 2021 USDA survey, the number of organic farms increased by around 3,000 between 2008 and 2021 … this representsa circa 22 percent reduction in farms with A much smaller share of agricultural land livestock …
IRENA: International Renewable Energy Agency · 1 December 2023 English
Renewable energy
and • Wind: <260 W/m2 (100% area) 100 MW of wind farms • Biomass: 7.5 tC/ha/yr Conditional target: Installation … solar panels (NAMA Program) and 100 MW of wind farms Figure 1 Total electricity generation (GWh, %) Figure … plants 1.4-1.6 MWh/kWp/yr (15% area) 175 MW of wind farms and 4 MW of solar PV modules • Wind: <260 W/m2 … NDC5 Resource potential6 Installation of new wind farms, solar PV, • Solar PV: 1 .4-1.6 MWh/kWp/yr (40% …
World Bank Group · 1 December 2023 English
The world faces a triple crisis of three interconnected issues―development, climate, and nature― and current levels of climate action are insufficient. Beyond the grim headlines, there are increasingly clear opportunities …
Cambodia are already using waste from livestock farms as input for biodigesters, providing biogas for …
World Bank Group · 30 November 2023 English
This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for the West Bank and Gaza examines the social and macroeconomic impacts of climate change under three alternative scenarios that reflect different levels …
Sectors and Proposed Action Health Transport 50% of farms apply gender-sensitive CSA by 2040. An annual increase …
TNI: Transnational Institute · 30 November 2023 English
Who knew that public procurement of goods and services could be a beacon of such hope and progressive change!” – TED HOWARD, Co-founder and President Emeritus of The Democracy Collaborative …
STUDY 5 SOURCING PRODUCTS FROM ORGANIC AND FAMILY FARMS FOR SCHOOL MEALS: SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL São Paulo operates … expanded its acquisition of produce from family farms, investing over R$25 million (approximately €4,540 … involve con- sumers and increase the number of farms in the programme. CASE STUDY 7 ENDING PRECARIOUS …
La Fabrique Ecologique · 30 November 2023 French
En faisant de la distribution alimentaire une activité non lucrative, en faisant de la marge un outil politique de fixation des prix et un sujet de délibération collective, tout comme …
Governments, Kitchens, Supermarkets, Firms and Farms: The Governance of Transitions between Societal …
ADB: Asian Development Bank · 30 November 2023 English
Outlining how civil society organizations (CSO) evolved in Turkmenistan, this brief explains how many work in tandem with government to raise awareness of health issues, boost social and environmental protection, …
people in Dashoguz Province to manage organic farms in line with global standards. (iv) The International …
Nordic Co-operation | Nordic Council & Nordic Council of Ministers · 30 November 2023 English
In the Nordic region we are good at coming up with climate-smart solutions, but for quite some time now we’ve been relatively unaware of how these solutions are affecting gender …
batteries, installing solar panels, and building wind farms. In these jobs, men make up 70 percent of the workforce …
TNI: Transnational Institute · 30 November 2023 English
Intending to make Zanzibar a zero-waste island, the municipal government took the first steps to replicate the pilot project in the Mpendae area in April 2018, when two composting pits …
study 5 Sourcing products from organic and family farms 35 for school meals: São Paulo, Brazil Case study … STUDY 5 SOURCING PRODUCTS FROM ORGANIC AND FAMILY FARMS FOR SCHOOL MEALS: SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL São Paulo operates … expanded its acquisition of produce from family farms, investing over R$25 million (approximately €4,540 … involve consum- ers and increase the number of farms in the programme. CASE STUDY 7 ENDING PRECARIOUS … Because small-scale farms tend to employ more people than large-scale industrial farms, they can help to …
WFP: World Food Programme · 29 November 2023 English
This publication presents some examples in which recommendations from the SMC’s White Paper on Planet Friendly School Meals on transforming food systems by promoting healthy diets, sustainable agriculture, and economic …
local dairy production sites and poultry and egg farms received new equipment to mechanize their production …
