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Mongabay
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@mongabay@mastodon.green  ·  activity timestamp 11 hours ago

Tropical forests don’t just store carbon — they generate rain. Through “flying rivers,” forest moisture travels far inland, supporting farms and cities.

Even small-scale deforestation can cut precipitation. The Amazon’s rainmaking service alone is valued in the tens of billions annually.

By Rhett Ayers Butler
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/the-amazon-generates-20-billion-of-dollars-worth-of-rainfall-each-year-study-finds/

#news #agriculture #climate change #conservation #deforestation #ecosystem #hydroelectricpower

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European Commission
European Commission
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Greenhouse gas emissions continue to decline in the EU!

From 2013 to 2024, greenhouse gas emissions from the EU economy decreased by 20% while its gross value added increased by 20%.

The biggest reductions came from:
⬇️ Energy sector: -49%
⬇️ Mining and quarrying: -37%
⬇️ Manufacturing: -18%

We’re moving in the right direction and showing that climate action and economic growth can go hand-in-hand.

👉 Explore the data here: https://link.europa.eu/HjJBmT

An illustration showing a girl from behind, looking toward a bright blue sky. To her left, dark smoke billows from industrial chimneys; to her right, a lush green forest with a white wind turbine. The text reads: “EUROPE UP, EMISSIONS DOWN,” with the European Union flag in white in the upper right corner.
An illustration showing a girl from behind, looking toward a bright blue sky. To her left, dark smoke billows from industrial chimneys; to her right, a lush green forest with a white wind turbine. The text reads: “EUROPE UP, EMISSIONS DOWN,” with the European Union flag in white in the upper right corner.
An illustration showing a girl from behind, looking toward a bright blue sky. To her left, dark smoke billows from industrial chimneys; to her right, a lush green forest with a white wind turbine. The text reads: “EUROPE UP, EMISSIONS DOWN,” with the European Union flag in white in the upper right corner.

Statistics Explained

Greenhouse gas emission accounts
Adam
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@adamsaidsomething@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@EUCommission

The Guardian identified another opportunity for improvement:

"Beef and lamb were subsidised 580 times more than legumes in 2020, while pork was subsidised nearly 240 times more. Dairy, meanwhile, received 554 times more in subsidies than nuts and seeds ...

"Billions of euros of EU taxpayer money is [propping up] such a high-emissions industry ... when scientists are telling us that we need ... to shift to lower-meat diets"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/19/beef-lamb-legumes-eu-subsidies-study

#eupol #climate #agriculture

the Guardian

Beef and lamb get 580 times more in EU subsidies than legumes, study finds

Report says common agricultural policy provides ‘unfair’ levels of support to unhealthy, meat-heavy diets
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The Japan Times
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Retail rice prices in Japan are still above ¥4,000 per 5 kilograms on average, almost double the level before supply shortages hit consumers, even after the government's releases of stockpiled rice to keep prices low. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/16/japan/rice-prices-high-stockpile-release/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #agriculture #maff

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Retail rice prices in Japan are still above ¥4,000 per 5 kilograms on average, almost double the level before supply shortages hit consumers, even after the government's releases of stockpiled rice to keep prices low. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/16/japan/rice-prices-high-stockpile-release/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rice #agriculture #maff

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Earthworm 🐌
Earthworm 🐌
@earthworm@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@s4mdf0o1 @appassionato

Just a tiny input: The contribution of industrial agriculture to feed the world is, at least on the global scale, frequently overestimated.

Statistics usually take only markets into account. Howevers, since subsistence and smallholder farmers are supplying a large proportion of the rural (and peri-urban) populations, we should not forget them.

The pictures of the harvester-threshers are also used as propaganda. In reality, the relation mouths fed by smallholders vs agroindustry is around 50:50.

(Note that in 'developed' countries, there are indeed not many farmers left. However, grandpa's vegetable garden and granny's backyard chicken coop don't appear in the eitherstatistics )

earthling
earthling
@appassionato@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@earthworm

Think agroecology.

#books
#nonfiction
#AgroEcology
#agriculture
#sustainability
#OpenAccess

Transformations Towards More Just and Sustainable Food Systems

This open access book develops a framework for advancing agroecology transformations focusing on power, politics and governance. It explores the potential of agroecology as a sustainable and socially just alternative to today’s dominant food regime. Agroecology is an ecological approach to farming that addresses climate change and biodiversity loss while contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals. Agroecology transformations represent a challenge to the power of corporations in controlling food system and a rejection of the industrial food systems that are at the root of many social and ecological ills. In this book the authors analyse the conditions that enable and disable agroecology’s potential and present six ‘domains of transformation’ where it comes into conflict with the dominant food system. They argue that food sovereignty, community-self organization and a shift to bottom-up governance are critical for the transformation to a socially just and ecologically viablefood system. This book will be a valuable resource to researchers, students, policy makers and professionals across multidisciplinary areas including in the fields of food politics, international development, sustainability and resilience.
Transformations Towards More Just and Sustainable Food Systems This open access book develops a framework for advancing agroecology transformations focusing on power, politics and governance. It explores the potential of agroecology as a sustainable and socially just alternative to today’s dominant food regime. Agroecology is an ecological approach to farming that addresses climate change and biodiversity loss while contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals. Agroecology transformations represent a challenge to the power of corporations in controlling food system and a rejection of the industrial food systems that are at the root of many social and ecological ills. In this book the authors analyse the conditions that enable and disable agroecology’s potential and present six ‘domains of transformation’ where it comes into conflict with the dominant food system. They argue that food sovereignty, community-self organization and a shift to bottom-up governance are critical for the transformation to a socially just and ecologically viablefood system. This book will be a valuable resource to researchers, students, policy makers and professionals across multidisciplinary areas including in the fields of food politics, international development, sustainability and resilience.
Transformations Towards More Just and Sustainable Food Systems This open access book develops a framework for advancing agroecology transformations focusing on power, politics and governance. It explores the potential of agroecology as a sustainable and socially just alternative to today’s dominant food regime. Agroecology is an ecological approach to farming that addresses climate change and biodiversity loss while contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals. Agroecology transformations represent a challenge to the power of corporations in controlling food system and a rejection of the industrial food systems that are at the root of many social and ecological ills. In this book the authors analyse the conditions that enable and disable agroecology’s potential and present six ‘domains of transformation’ where it comes into conflict with the dominant food system. They argue that food sovereignty, community-self organization and a shift to bottom-up governance are critical for the transformation to a socially just and ecologically viablefood system. This book will be a valuable resource to researchers, students, policy makers and professionals across multidisciplinary areas including in the fields of food politics, international development, sustainability and resilience.
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