Sustainability

New bird species in Spain

The scientific and conservationist association Sociedad Espanola de Ornitolocia o SEO/Birdlife is one of the first Spanish conservationist NGOs and actively collaborating with Agraz  for the conservation of  birdlife. SEO/Birdlife has recently updated its catalogue of birds. The update counts up to 56 new species since the last edition was published in 2005.  SEO/Birdlife has...

The future of young farmers in the EU

As a consequence of Europe’s aging agricultural population, a new European-wide campaign has been launched in order to raise public awareness with regards to an aging crisis. The organizer of the campaign is a non governmental  organization CEJA,  European Council of Young Farmers. The organization wants to promote the agricultural sector in order to make this sector...

Biofuels mandates in crisis?

Last week on the 22nd and 23rd Ecologic movement Ecologistas en accion organised a two days event to discuss the European policies on Biofuels  and transport model and in coordination with transport and environment and Amigos de la tierra, a debate opened on Europe’s approach towards the energy crisis. The continuous deterioration and dependency on...

Protecting biodiversity in Guadiana basin.

Regulating and moderating the consumption of water is a priority and a necessity for a modern sustainable agriculture. We know that water supply is limited and that we need to regulate its use. The natural flow of a river is being affected by human activity by the diversion  of water courses  and storage of water...

Managing Tuta Absoluta

One of the main challenges for tomato growers in recent years has been the difficulty in controlling Tuta Absoluta. A tiny tomato leafmine (Lepidoptera : Gelechiidae), Tuta Absoluta is causing devastating effects for growers in the mediterrenean region. The pest originated from South America where it has been around since the 60’s and was first...

Optimizing the agricultural irrigation system

The rise in world population and improvement in living standards in developing countries will result in an increase in agricultural product demand. As agriculture products demand increases water is becoming a precious  commodity  especially in poorer countries where agricultural land and water for irrigation are of primary importance. Today’s world population of 6,000 million is...

Building a Sustainable future for Agriculture

The term sustainability,  by and large ignored during the past century by the corporate world, has in more recent years evolved to become   central and a key issue for  policy makers and corporate strategists. Driven by stronger consumer awareness in ecological issues, in agriculture sustainability has grown from the need to develop an equilibrium...
The impact of agriculture on GhG emission

The impact of agriculture on GhG emission

It is widely acknowledged that climate change through emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG)  in the atmosphere is causing one of the biggest environmental threats  worldwide. Since the 1990s  the international community has been faced with  the challenge of global warming and its consequence for the environment and economy . The European union  has made a...