In fiscal year 2024, climate finance amounted to 62 percent of total lending in the agriculture and food sector, in the World Bank. World Bank food- and agriculture-oriented projects approved between ...

Recent data analysis conducted by a human rights advocacy organization found that nearly a dozen international finance institutions directed over $3 billion to animal agriculture in 2023. The majority ...

Calling the grants a “slush fund,” the Agriculture Department said it may let some projects continue if they align with Trump administration priorities. The Agriculture Department said Monday it’s ...

Staff at Working Landscapes' food hub processing center unload boxes of greens. The group is involved with the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program, (Photo: Working Landscapes) A ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture published an interim rule establishing guidelines for climate-smart crops used as biofuel feedstocks, as well as a Feedstock Carbon Intensity Calculator ...

Producers who were awarded contracts with the Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture pilot program are expected to begin receiving at least a portion of payments within days, according to those ...

Global food security is under increasing strain due to climate change. All over the world, agrifood systems are facing huge challenges due to escalating drought and severe weather events, as well as ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is renaming and changing the rules of a $3.1 billion program testing the ability of a variety of conservation practices to produce climate-smart commodities. A ...

Modern agriculture is a data-rich but decision-constrained domain, where traditional methods struggle to keep pace with ...

To achieve sustainable rice production and food security in the region, farmers in six Asian countries have used nuclear derived climate-smart agricultural practices and significantly increased their ...

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