Tag: Environment

Agrochemicals industry to focus on developing new processes, products with sustainability as core principle: DV Sadananda Gowda
Crop Protection / Farm Inputs

Agrochemicals industry to focus on developing new processes, products with sustainability as core principle: DV Sadananda Gowda

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Addressing the virtual session of the ‘9th Agrochemicals Conference’, organised by FICCI, Gowda said that while focusing on tapping unrealised potential, we must also ensure that the use of agrochemicals remains judicious and sustainable for the environment

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Urgent need to accelerate action to conserve biodiversity: India at UN Biodiversity Summit
International

Urgent need to accelerate action to conserve biodiversity: India at UN Biodiversity Summit

- by Khushbu Anis - Leave a Comment

The summit is first of its kind ever taken place on Biodiversity in the United Nations General Assembly. The Biodiversity Summit was participated by Head of States and Minister level representing the countries which are party to Convention on Biological Diversity

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Biodiversity is bulwark for people, societies, economies and food security: FAO
International

Biodiversity is bulwark for people, societies, economies and food security: FAO

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Biodiversity underpins most of the world’s economic activities, particularly in the agri-food sector, so the pace of its erosion must be contrasted with holistic, coherent and collective efforts, QU Dongyu, Director General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said Wednesday.

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Food loss & waste must be reduced for greater food security and environmental sustainability: FAO
Agribusiness / Post Harvest Management

Food loss & waste must be reduced for greater food security and environmental sustainability: FAO

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According to FAO, every year about 14% of the world’s food is lost before even reaching the market which is is valued at $400 billion annually. When it comes to environmental impact, food loss and waste generate 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions

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