Tag: agriculture

A new report by the IUCN, Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture, describes agriculture as a core issue for the conservation sector now, and into the future. The report recognises agriculture as not only integral to our survival, but also as one of the most significant drivers of biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution.

Critical disaster assistance will flow to primary producers in North Queensland impacted by Tropical Cyclone Niran. Disaster relief in the form of financial assistance is…

In response to the recent release of the CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology’s State of the Climate Report, local organic farmer and writer Andre Leu shares his knowledge of the Importance of soil organic matter for climate change adaptation in regenerative farming.
Andre is also International Director of Regeneration International, a global NGO that promotes food, farming and land use systems that regenerate and stabilise eco systems, climate systems, the health of the planet and people.

To save the planet and feed the populace means a transformational change in the way we grow food and fibre. This article looks briefly at the big picture, the challenges and local opportunities.

It’s no secret that cane is struggling and that land is going out of production into hobby farms or cattle grazing. For a variety of reasons, there are few options for crop diversification for agricultural land that could be implemented, or switched to, quickly at scale. But with each additional loss of cane production, overall viability becomes more threatened.

Native taro could be a new horticultural crop for Far North Queensland, as they can be used for ecological weed management to replace chemical herbicides.