EnvironmentAbdul Hafeez Khoso of Jacobabad and 38 other Pakistani farmers are suing energy firm RWE and cement maker Heidelberg Materials, arguing that their emissions fuelled the rains that destroyed crops, livestock and homes.
OpinionIn a column in Krishi Sangbad, the president of the World's Poultry Science Association Bangladesh Branch (WPSA-BB) argues that solar and biogas can repay large farms in four to five years, but small farmers face finance, technology and maintenance hurdles, and that feed, not solar, is the biggest l
EnvironmentA UNEP report says cutting greenhouse gas emissions 18 percent by 2030 and 45 percent by 2035 would give a good chance of holding warming to 1.7C; under current policies the world could warm 2.8C by the end of the century.
CropsA Rothamsted Research study finds fertiliser manufacture is up to 47% of the energy-related footprint on arable farms, and that best-practice nitrogen use would cut fertiliser-linked energy by 16% to 40%.
Gundagai Meat Processors preheats boiler water with waste heat from its refrigeration plant, saving about A$135,000 a year on a A$450,000 system and avoiding a new boiler.
CropsA PG Economics assessment, released in Manila with ISAAA and CropLife Asia, estimates GM crops added nearly $385 billion to farm income in 1996-2024, more than half in developing countries.
LivestockA study by researchers at the University of Connecticut and Bangladesh Agricultural University, based on five years of data from the BAU dairy farm, finds the real carbon footprint of milk on Bangladeshi farms is 27 percent lower than earlier estimates.
OrganicThe grain trader's fourth annual report says its 2025 programmes across 11 countries and 10 crops cut about 946,000 tonnes of CO2e against regional benchmarks.
EnvironmentFonterra's chair and chief executive told the co-operative's annual result that the 2030 targets for its factories are funded and on track, while the on-farm goal depends on technologies that have yet to clear regulators.
