728x90 庫間/해외자료769 생태농업 운동이 식량안보를 해결한다 Vendors at the organic farmers' market in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Courtesy: Tillie Castellano. Agriculture in this Caribbean island is going through its worst moment. Whereas this sector accounted for 71 percent of its gross domestic product in 1914, now it amounts to no more than one percent. A century ago, local agriculture employed over 260,000 workers, nowadays it emplo.. 2014. 5. 26. 우리가 선택하는 식량체계가 생물다양성에 영향을 미친다 The decline in the bee population has been blamed on the widespread use of chemical pesticides. Photograph: Dominic Ebenbichler/ReutersOn today's United Nations biodiversity day, we are being asked to focus on small islands and their unique ecology and fragility in times of globally pervasive threats such as climate change. But, the whole planet is a small island in the vast s.. 2014. 5. 26. 생태농업 정책이 탄력적인 생산의 최고 희망이다 In 2011, the most recent year for which data are available, 37 percent of the world's population was dependent to some extent on agriculture for their livelihood. The proportion of people dependent on agriculture around the world has fallen by 12 percent in the past 30 years; figures show that in 1980, around half of the global population made their livelihood from agriculture... 2014. 5. 25. 유기농업과 GMO가 공존할 수 있는가? In the fields of Iowa where I grew up, organic soy and corn does indeed exist alongside genetically modified (or “GMO”) varieties. But the policy allowing so-called “coexistence” of organic and GMO crops now in place in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is one-sided and precarious at best. More than 90 percent of the soybeans and corn grown on U.S. soil are fro.. 2014. 5. 25. 소농의 말살 Imagine maize, or corn, having cellular structures resembling those of humans, making them easier for scientists to manipulate. Much more disconcerting to discover however, was why scientists were tinkering with maize. Non-reproducing seeds apart, they were developing ‘contraceptive corn.’ It was easier to nip births in the bud through food rather than pills. And only enou.. 2014. 5. 25. 최초의 GMO 현장실험 The First GMO Field TestsFrom their very first field test in 1987, GMOs have been the subject of intense debate. What we fight about when we fight about GMOs. By Brooke Borel on May 20, 2014 In the spring of 1987 in Tulelake, a tiny California farming town four miles from the Oregon border, a small band of scientists wearing yellow Tyvek suits and respirators paced across a fi.. 2014. 5. 20. 이전 1 ··· 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ··· 129 다음 반응형
