The CCAFS (Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security) programme have published a new report that looks at the role and effectiveness of private sector CSR activities in the agricultural sector.
Steinberger, J. K., J. T. Roberts, G. P. Peters and G. Baiocchi (2012). "Pathways of human development and carbon emissions embodied in trade." Nature Climate Change http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/...
This paper runs a series of future trade liberalisation scenarios using the MAGPIE model and finds that while trade liberalisation lowers food costs it does so at the expense of higher GHG emissions.
This book by FCRN mailing list member Cheryl Baldwin covers the main considerations for greening food service businesses, discussing what the issues are, why to be concerned about them, and how to improve them and implement such improvements. It...
In partnership with Making Local Food Work, Co-operative UK’s has launched a suite of financial, legal and governance resources for community enterprises
Co-operatives UK, the trade association for co-operative enterprises, has...
The US based Institute for a Sustainable Future has published a report called Common Drivers Common Solutions: Chronic Disease, Climate Change, Nutrtion and Agriculture. It explores the common drivers of climate change and chronic disease...
A project to convert wind energy into anhydrous ammonia fertilizer is underway at the University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center (WCROC).
The consultancy Ecometrica have produced a very clear and useful paper - ref as follows:
Brander M, Tipper R, Hutchison C, Davis G (2008). Technical Paper: Consequential and Attributional Approaches to LCA: a Guide to Policy Makers with...
