Andre Laperrière, executive director of Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), has highlighted the impact of Western appetite on global warming and the importance to switching to a plant-based diet to help fight climate change
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Rainforest Alliance welcomes IPCC’s climate change and land report

Natural climate solutions can help achieve 37 per cent of climate target. (Image source: Tumisu/Pixabay)
The Rainforest Alliance welcomes the latest IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land as an essential resource and benchmark for policy decision-makers and business leaders
Ensuring environmentally-friendly farm practices for global food security

According to Laperrière, industrialised farming practices are the largest contribution to soil erosion and pollution and perhaps. (Image source: Bruno Glätsch/Pixabay)
Andre Laperrière, executive director of Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) has highlighted the importance of sustainable farming practices to deal with global food security issues
Australian medicinal cannabis startup signs deal with US-listed EPHS

A study by London-based Prohibition Partners has estimated that the Asian cannabis market is set to be worth as much as US$5.8bn by 2024. (Image source: NickyPe/Pixabay)
Australia-based Greenfield MC has signed a deal with the US-Canadian company Emerald Plants Health Source (EPHS) to boost cannabis market in Australia and accelerate export across the Asia-Pacific marketplaces
Water shortage affects Asian crop production
Lack of rainfall and delayed monsoon weaken India’s crop output. (Image source: nungning20/Adobe Stock)
The extensive drought situation in the Asia-Pacific region has hugely impacted the crop production and eventually affected livelihoods of thousands of farming communities in the region