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18 December 201517 December 2015

Researchers Strive to Reduce Insecticide Use in Cotton Production

Sixth Open Session of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)

7 December 20154 December 2015

Globale Agenda zur nachhaltigen Bioökonomie verabschiedet

Prioritäten des Bioeconomy Summit sollen in internationale Diskussionen einfließen

Global Agenda Adopted for Sustainable Bioeconomy

Goals of Bioeconomy Summit to be incorporated in international discussions

4 December 20151 December 2015

Weltgipfel zur Bioökonomie: Nachhaltigkeit auf dem Prüfstand

Wie lässt sich eine nachhaltige Bioökonomie international etablieren und welche Innovationsstrategien werden in verschiedenen Ländern verfolgt?

2 December 201530 November 2015

Global Bioeconomy Summit: Globale Agenda zur nachhaltigen Bioökonomie verabschiedet

Weltweit mehr nachwachsende Rohstoffe in Alltag und Ernährung nutzen

28 September 201526 September 2015

Salt-tolerant plants eyed as crops of the future as sea level rises

20 per cent of world's irrigated farmland already contaminated with salt

23 September 201522 September 2015

World deforestation slows down as more forests are better managed

FAO publishes key findings of global forest resources assessment

27 August 201524 August 2015

Waldgesundheit und globaler Wandel

Review-Artikel im renommierten Fachjournal Science fasst die internationalen Forschungsergebnisse zum Zustand der Wälder im Zusammenhang mit dem Klimawandel zusammen

21 July 201517 July 2015

World food costs extend slide to five-year low as dairy tumbles

An index of 73 food prices from around the world dropped 0.9 percent last month to 165.1 points, the lowest since September 2009

10 July 20159 July 2015

OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2015-2024

OECD-FOA Agricultural Outlook features ethanol forecast

9 July 20159 September 2015

FAO: Soils help to combat and adapt to climate change by playing a key role in the carbon cycle

New brochure shows major potential to decrease the emission of greenhouse gases from agriculture

26 May 201522 May 2015

UN Sustainable Energy for All announces global bioenergy initiative

UN FAO, Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Carbon War Room, KLM, Novozymes and the UN Foundation partner to scale up the development and deployment of sustainable bioenergy solutions to meet the global need for sustainable energy

28 April 201527 April 2015

Mother Earth Day: let us protect healthy soils

Increased importance of biobased materials will put new demands on agriculture

24 February 201523 February 2015

Biofuels: Good news and false solutions

Biofuel industry needs supportive legal framework that secures jobs, production sites

30 January 201529 January 2015

Biokraftstoffe aus Ackerkulturen unentbehrlich für Tierfutter, Energie und Umwelt – Reduzierungen nicht akzeptabel

Copa-Cogeca-Generalsekretär Pekka Pesonen warnte auf der internationalen Konferenz „Fuels of the Future 2015“ in Berlin

Crop-based biofuels vital for animal feed, energy, the environment: cuts unacceptable

Copa-Cogeca Secretary-General Pekka Pesonen warned at International Conference "Fuels of the Future 2015" in Berlin

28 January 201527 January 2015

FAO Director-General calls for global action to address food insecurity in conflict areas

'Paradigm shift' toward sustainable food necessary

21 January 201520 January 2015

Internationaler Agrarministergipfel in Berlin: Über 70 Staaten für mehr internationale Zusammenarbeit zur Bioökonomie in der Landwirtschaft

Bundesminister Schmidt überreicht dem türkischen Minister Eker Botschaft für G20: "Chancen der Bioökonomie sollen Menschen in ländlichen Gebieten weltweit helfen."

Renewable resources reach their limits

Humanity should use planetary resources with care

19 January 201516 January 2015

Making Indirect Land Use Change go away

A shocker study pointing a way towards mitigating or eliminating that infamous scourge of carbon-scoring for biofuels

7 January 20155 January 2015

Global wood production grows for the fourth year

2013 saw record levels of global wood pellet and wood-based panel production

23 October 201421 October 2014

Auch mit Biokraftstoffen – Lager für Getreide, Ölsaaten und Pflanzenöl quellen über

Pflanzenölpreise nähern sich Mineralölpreisen

22 October 201421 October 2014

WASDE report definitively ends food vs. fuel myth

Virtually no correlation between U.S. ethanol production and consumer food prices

13 October 20149 October 2014

Arcadia Biosciences and ArborGen to develop drought-tolerant and nitrogen-efficient eucalyptus trees

Improved varieties will enhance productivity and sustainability of purpose-grown forests

22 August 201421 August 2014

Weizen, Mais und Soja – Nahrung trotz Spekulation billiger

Lediglich „in einzelnen Sektoren kann es in der Europäischen Union zu Marktdruck kommen."

10 July 20149 July 2014

AIMPLAS coordinates the research to obtain biodegradable packages for dairy products

Big volume of European consume waste - only between 10% and 15% of polyethylene bottles is recycled

8 July 20147 July 2014

Bioökonomierat fordert innovative Konzepte der Pflanzenforschung

Angesichts eines weltweit steigenden Bedarfs an biobasierten Rohstoffen für Ernährung und technische Nutzung müssen die Produktivität und Effizienz im Anbau pflanzlicher Biomasse gesteigert werden.

4 July 201414 July 2014

Nachhaltige Pflanzenproduktion der Zukunft: Mehr aus weniger

Bioökonomierat: Neue Pflanzensorten mit höheren Erträgen und besserer Anpassungsfähigkeit werden benötigt

17 June 201416 June 2014

Ceres Initiates Field Evaluations of its Biotech Traits in Sugarcane

First field trials established in South America

2 May 201430 April 2014

Agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions on the rise

Detailed assessments of both emissions data and mitigation options needed to design adequate responses

29 April 201410 March 2015

Global Information adds “Biorefinery Products: Global Markets” to list of reports

BCC report finds, removing barriers and introducing new mechanisms would facilitate market entry

28 April 201425 April 2014

Save Food: Kampf gegen Verschwendung

Jährlich geht ein Drittel der globalen Nahrungsmittelproduktion verloren!

17 April 201416 April 2014

Sustainable biofuels done right offer innumerable benefits to society says UN IPCC report

Estimated ILUC emissions are “highly uncertain, unobservable, unverifiable, and dependent on assumed policy, economic contexts, and inputs used in the modeling”

27 February 201426 February 2014

ILUC and the Renewable Fuel Standard: hard data appears for the first time

After six years of debate — finally a database appears on actual indirect land use change

5 February 20144 February 2014

Food security hindered by seed market dominance, MEPs warn

The EU seed market is dominated by a few large seed businesses rather than a diverse range of smaller companies, which has implications for the continent’s food security, says a report commissioned by European Parliament Green group

22 January 201421 January 2014

Internationaler Agrarministergipfel in Berlin: 69 Staaten vereint im Kampf gegen weltweiten Hunger und Mangelernährung

Friedrich: "Nur eine widerstandsfähige Landwirtschaft sichert Ernährung"

20 January 201417 January 2014

EU Sees Rising Food Output by 2023 on Export and Biofuel Demand

“Agricultural commodity prices are expected to stay firm over the medium term, supported by factors such as the growth in global food demand, the development of the biofuel sector and a low productivity growth,” the European Commission wrote

23 December 201322 December 2013

FAO: Wood production in Europe slows down while North America shows rapid growth

Surge in wood pellet production driven by increased demand for bioenergy

10 October 20139 October 2013

UN-Welternährungsausschuss: Bundesregierung setzt sich für klare Leitlinien bei Investitionen in die Landwirtschaft ein

Das BMELV will die Erarbeitung von Prinzipien für verantwortungsvolle Investitionen in die Landwirtschaft bei der UN-Ernährungs- und Landwirtschaftsorganisation FAO vorantreiben

27 June 2013

New study reinforces existing evidence that science used by the European Commission to calculate indirect land use change is inconclusive

How different models factor in the evolution of increasing yield of cultivated areas in the EU

7 June 2013

Market outlook: Shale gas impacts bio-based chemicals

Study of technically recoverable shale gas in 32 countries

10 May 2013

Global Partnership Intends to Fight Cassava Viruses

Scientists are struggling to contain a flesh-eating virus sweeping across the cassava plantations of Africa

3 April 2013

Genomforschung für neue Energiebäume

Genom des Pfirsichbaumes in hoher Auflösung sequenziert

26 February 2013

Small farmers risk exclusion from biofuels certification schemes

FAO report warns that certification schemes could become indirect trade barriers if not properly managed

12 February 2013

Plastic future for shell waste?

ChiBio project developing novel biotechnological and sustainable chemical methods for chitin extraction

18 January 2013

UN official: The EU should consider the global impact of its farm policy

United States and EU to abandon their subsidies for biofuels targets for road transport

10 January 2013

New report: as much as 2 billion tonnes of all food produced ends up as waste

Institution of Mechanical Engineers calls on urgent action to prevent 50% of all food produced in the world ending up as waste

20 September 2012

OECD agriculture official urges end to biofuel mandates

Europe's agriculture groups calling a crop-based biofuels-limit "a masterpiece of irresponsible policy"

19 August 2012

Biofuel fails EU sustainability test, German researchers claim

Study says EU-grown rapeseed biodiesel falls under 35% marker, adding weight to calls to end food biofuels

10 August 2012

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