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[supersonico] 03/5/2019 14:40

Organic farming, agro-ecology and other alternative forms of farming are highlighted in the FAO's new report on future food security



In its new report "The future of food and agriculture. Alternative pathways by 2050", the FAO (UN Food and Agriculture Organization) presents a thorough review of the state of agriculture and food supply globally and presents three future scenarios for how the world's population can be born. In 2050, organic farming and other alternative forms of production are highlighted as important strategies in the western world where production must be more sustainable, and a certain reduction in harvesting must initially be accepted in these regions, while the crops must increase substantially in low-income areas. to adapt more sustainable production methods to local conditions and for them to be possible to implement on family farms.

Overall conclusions
Some of the overall conclusions of the report are that a fairer distribution of income is crucial. In order to achieve global sustainability goals, gender inequality needs to be reduced, war ceased, greenhouse gas emissions reduced, agricultural systems depleting natural resources, demand for resource-intensive animal products need to decrease, as well as shrinkage at all levels.

In order to achieve environmentally sustainable and healthy costs, food prices need to better reflect the real costs of food production and take into account the nutritional value of the food. Such measures are also believed to lead to reduced wastage. In addition, the production of biofuels from cereals must be reduced in order to increase the availability of food.

Food trade will continue to be needed, but strong institutions are needed to coordinate trade and prevent countries that have stricter environmental legislation and more far-reaching social conditions from being disadvantaged. More sustainable farming practices will be needed and further increases in harvest levels cannot therefore be expected anywhere. Increased yields must not be achieved at the cost of unsustainable use of water, deterioration of soil soil, loss of biodiversity or high greenhouse gas emissions. Significant investments are also needed to achieve the goals.

Three scenarios
The three scenarios presented in the report present "possible, credible and consistent ways for the future to look", that is, they are not forecasts or predictions [1]. The scenarios are modeled quantitatively in terms of certain key parameters, such as greenhouse gas emissions, land use, the need for food, and more. They are supplemented with a qualitative analysis with the aim of improving the decision-making basis for decision-makers.
The three scenarios are:
Business As Usual (BAU) which is a scenario where development continues approximately as today in terms of diet patterns and agricultural production. Economic developments continue at a moderate pace, but the large differences between the countries, despite certain efforts, are aimed at reducing the gaps.
Towards Sustainabiliy (TSS) is a scenario where access to healthy food from more sustainable production systems is achieved through a more equitable distribution of revenue, more sustainable farming practices, reduced waste and a transition to healthier diet patterns.
Stratified Societies (SSS) is a scenario with high economic growth that is unevenly distributed. The diet is deteriorating and the environmental degradation continues globally.

Some of the most important results from the modeling of the scenarios are summarized below:
Gross production in agriculture (in value) increases by approximately 50 per cent in BAU. The largest increase is in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Eastern and Central Asia. In TSS, agricultural production increases less (by 40 percent) due to reduced shrinkage and lower animal consumption.
Food prices remain largely stable in the BAU and SSS scenarios until 2030 and begin to increase after that, so that they end up 13 percent higher in 2050 than in 2012 for BAU and 35 percent higher in SSS. In the TSS prices, prices are increasing rapidly due to the implementation of more sustainable production methods which initially result in lower returns.
Cost changes are illustrated in Figure 1 below. Compared to BAU and SSS, the TSS scenario involves a redistribution of per capita consumption of animal products between high and low income countries - a reduction in consumption in high income countries and an increase in low and middle income countries.
The global hamburgers grow by 40 percent in BAU with the largest increase in sub-Saharan Africa (+ 185 percent). In TSS, the number of animals with more moderate 26 per cent increases on more static diet patterns and more extensive production systems. In the high-income countries, the number of animals is reduced.
In BAU, the need for arable land increases by 11 percent, with the largest increase in sub-Saharan Africa, and in TSS by 6 percent.
[1] Earlier FAO reports on the food security theme by 2050 contained only one scenario of predicted agricultural developments.

Läs rapporten här: The future of food and agriculture

[investingisatrickygame] 03/5/2019 13:35

Super,

I've just listened to the link you provided, but didn't hear the quote you provided.

[supersonico] 03/5/2019 12:41

Radio 4 ..12.26m.. You and Yours
03/05/2019

Phase out of Slug pellets Metaldehyde



"we did try and get an interview with a Uk company who with 'ground breaking' technology will offer Farmers effected by the ban a Natural safe alternative to Metaldehyde.. A spokesperson for this company, Saga Smith said "they were too busy watching The Bridge ..so not able to comment"

[supersonico] 03/5/2019 12:07

Danish supermarkets react to consumer concern over pesticide residues
03-May-2019 By Katy Askew

Danish supermarkets Coop, Aldi and Lidl demand their suppliers go beyond legal requirements on maximum pesticide levels in response to mounting consumer concern over the issue.


…………………………………

Didier GUILLAUME@dguillaume26

"To bloom its city is to bloom its life" to celebrate the feast of gardeners in the domain of SERS à #Pau with @bayrou, it is to honor the work of its actors who produce more than 140000 plants without phytosanitary products for the happiness of the inhabitants.@Min_Agriculture

[supersonico] 03/5/2019 11:38

Investing... this is what Short order Lykele says;

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT For the year ended 31 December 2018

'There is potential for an even greater opportunity around the use of Eden’s proprietary, natural micro-encapsulation technology, Sustaine™, which is being tested by a number of third parties, including some of the major agchem companies'.

My Q1 ..AGM (if I was attending)question then is..are these 3rd parties.. Sumitomo affiliated or outside? and are they in the top 10 Global players?

I then come back to the bones of my first question which is why would they..? ..considering the size of Sumitomo and it's aspirations which it has been materially growing with partnerships, alliances along with growing it's capacities in infrastructure over the last five plus years.

At this moment my money is on '3rd parties' being all Sumitomo related and we're being 'short NDA ordered' with some in the coming months thrown in for good measure.

Q2..Would be ..when do Eden expect to hear about the EU ..EGTOP organic ratification.

[investingisatrickygame] 03/5/2019 10:27

Super,

Is Sipcam collaborating with other parties on Sustaine or is Eden doing so direct. I believe that statement refers to Eden doing so direct.

Unless I have misunderstood you, I believe Sipcam is evaluating their own pesticide offerings in relation to Sustaine for some co-encapsulation and some direct encapsulation. It would be nice to hear via RNS and in detail, the success or otherwise they are having and if success, then to drill down into where, how, why and what it means in verticals, geographies, values and future positioning of Sustaine via Sipcam and any changing future positioning of Sipcam as a result of any right's to Sustaine.

[supersonico] 03/5/2019 09:19

Industry deletions in PV29 study summaries should raise alarm bells on both sides of the Atlantic

[supersonico] 02/5/2019 14:28

By compiling hundreds of studies, INRA researchers have discovered that organic farming is more effective than pesticide farming in limiting the impact of pests.



Contrary to popular belief, the organic farming system would be more interesting than the so-called "conventional" system (which uses pesticides) to limit pests of crops. This is what a team from INRA (National Institute of Agricultural Research) found after having compiled hundreds of studies. This discovery, which goes against the discourse of the petrochemical industry for decades, was published in July 2018 in the journal Nature Sustainability.
The work of INRA researchers is based on 688 comparisons between the results of organic and conventional farming. This meta-analysis of a very large number of scientific studies has brought to light the beneficial consequences of the process called "ecological intensification".

LET PUSH THE CLOVER

The ecological intensification aims at designing a more natural agronomy, which allows a high yield by limiting the fertilizers thanks to the exploitation of the ecological functionalities. What is it exactly? In an ecosystem, however agricultural, each of the species plays a special role, and rather than suppressing all species except the one that one wants to grow, it is sometimes more useful to keep several species, which will help the growth of the "plant of interest".
For example, leaving plant debris on the ground allows the earthworms to feed, and thus to proliferate and promote plant growth. Or, clover, like other plants in its family, is able to enrich the soil with nitrogen, a nutrient essential for the growth of other plants in the human diet: it is better to let the clover grow before Sow the wheat to kill all life on the ground and then pour in synthetic nitrogen fertilizer ... In addition to being a natural and logical process, ecological intensification is economical in resources.

BETTER RESISTANCE

The researchers looked at the results of the analyzes, both in terms of predation rate and parasitism, as well as the severity and frequency of the diseases. They also looked at the density of pests (rodents, birds, insects ...) and "weeds", in order to reveal the trends of each of the cultivation methods on these parameters.
The results first show that organic farming favors general biological control: in crops where petrochemical fertilizers are limited, predation and parasitism rates are lower, and the soil's ability to suppress pathogens is greater than what is found in conventional agriculture. The results also show that the capacities of organic farming systems equal or exceed those of conventional agriculture in limiting pest infestations. In addition, the frequency and severity of diseases are lower in plants in organic farming.

LIVE "WEEDS"!

However, at the level of eliminating weeds, unfairly called "weeds", conventional farming is achieving much more effective results. And this is normal: the fact of not spreading herbicides leaves the field free for all plants to settle.
In summary, the only difference in bio-aggressors that "undergoes" organic farming is a greater presence of weeds; According to the INRA team, their very presence seems finally to be beneficial! Because by settling, these plants modify the composition of the soil, enrich it with their organic matter and their possible associated fungi, and undoubtedly make it possible to promote resistance to environmental pathogens. The researchers conclude that organic agriculture, through ecological intensification, can potentially replace the use of synthetic inputs in the management of pathogens and animal pests.

Source: Evidence that organic farming promotes pest control. Lucile Muneret, Matthew Mitchell, Verena Seufert, Stephanie Aviron, El Aziz Djoudi, Julien Petillon, Manuel Plantegenest, Denis Thiery & Adrien Rusch. Nature Sustainability, July 16, 2018.

[supersonico] 02/5/2019 12:54

Recently discovered Eden Investor forum film Clip.

[investingisatrickygame] 02/5/2019 10:52

Demand for stock is booming today; very encouraging

[supersonico] 01/5/2019 08:46

Red pill or Blue Pill..news

EPA Takes Next Step in Review Process for Herbicide Glyphosate, Reaffirms No Risk to Public Health
For Release: April 30, 2019

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking an important step in the agency’s review of glyphosate. As part of this action, EPA continues to find that there are no risks to public health when glyphosate is used in accordance with its current label and that glyphosate is not a carcinogen. The agency’s scientific findings on human health risk are consistent with the conclusions of science reviews by many other countries and other federal agencies. While the agency did not identify public health risks in the 2017 human health risk assessment, the 2017 ecological assessment did identify ecological risks. To address these risks, EPA is proposing management measures to help farmers target pesticide sprays on the intended pest, protect pollinators, and reduce the problem of weeds becoming resistant to glyphosate.

[investingisatrickygame] 30/4/2019 15:22

AttyG said

"(Indeed, how can someone/organisation buy a million and not move the price. Bought after the Cedroz announcement"

It is amazing. I don't think I have ever seen a 1 million share purchase in Eden since I've been invested. Surely that should have marked the price up somewhat and sparked interest from others, but nothing.

Sean's video did a very good job of explaining the process in a methodical and easy to understand way. He has been very good at that lately, but it has only just started to happen through video communication.

Unfortunately, in my opinion, the video falls flat on delivery because it delivers fact in a logical way, but he doesn't go on to inspire the investment community as to why Eden is worthy of an investment, without giving specific investment advice which naturally, he cannot do. Inspiration can be delivered quite easily and investors do look for inspiration and leadership to invest in a share price and the associated company.

Shore Capital is very conservative (or misguided) in their assessment of Eden and current value. I would say that Sean mirrors Shore Capital in this respect. The result of the video, whilst good to see, is that no one was given any reason(s) to invest in the company and subsequently, we haven't seen a rush to their door to buy the stock.

I often feel the promotional voice of Eden is through a dozen or so shareholders who by word of mouth, spread the investment opportunity that is Eden and then find themselves answerable to those that invested because Eden has not delivered.

Is Eden worth 20p today? No.
Is Eden worth 50p today? very much so I would say and possibly more.

So how and when is Eden going to bridge the value gap and reward their co-owners and shareholders with fair value in the share price?

[supersonico] 30/4/2019 13:52

There does seem to be what Chrischas calls a LID.

One lid for some another lid for others it would appear to the curious observer.

[attyg] 30/4/2019 10:54

Do me a favour super.

Hover over the buy button.
and then do so each day for a few weeks.

(Indeed, how can someone/organisation buy a million and not move the price. Bought after the Cedroz announcement)

[supersonico] 30/4/2019 09:55

AttyG

All I have to do is hover over the Buy button to make the price rise but some folk seem to have a special knack.

Did someone say Incongruence? and did someone say Scandi Noir?..

Oh yes it was me..again.

[attyg] 30/4/2019 08:09

Re post 6142.

Brilliant how a 1 million purchase does not move the share price nor create any added interest in this share.

[northwick] 29/4/2019 17:52

Wouldn't be surprised to learn it's our chairman who has bought these shares.Let's hope there is some news in the morning. But I wonder who reduced their holding?

[supersonico] 29/4/2019 17:38

There's your Big trade Northwick.

26-Apr-19
10:00:41
11.05
1,000,000
Buy*
10.50
11.50
110.50k

[supersonico] 29/4/2019 16:23

It does seem incongruent;)

[dplewis1] 29/4/2019 15:43

The individual selling 100k on the bid doesn't think it's a no brainier either

[supersonico] 29/4/2019 15:28

Investing,

I'm not sure .. it does seem a no brainer. But then again the Bayer management have no Brains which counts them out.