Report on the impacts of GM Soy 2009
Agro-ecological impacts of genetically modified soy production in Argentina and Brazil
Water footprint of beer more on the farm than in the brewery
The total water involved in producing beer is overwhelmingly used on the farm rather than in the brewery, according to a report presented to World Water Week by major brewer SAB Miller and leading global environment organization WWF.
Advanced river flow management vital to facing climate challenge
Improved river flow management will be vital to protecting communities from the worst impacts of climate change and to achieving international goals on poverty reduction, according to a new report issued on the eve of World Water Week.
Better cotton threading its way towards global markets
The first batch of sustainable cotton – to be produced with a fraction of the water and pesticide use of traditional cotton cultivation – is expected to reach global markets starting next year.
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Soy industry adopts environmental safeguards
Elements of the soy industry have agreed to take a milestone step toward improving their production practices, which have led to widespread deforestation, displacement of small-farmers and indigenous peoples, and loss of natural habitats.
WWF Statement on the Round Table on Responsible Soy (RTRS)
WWF is currently one of the targets of a letter writing campaign by NGOs, including Friends of the Earth, Fern, and ASEED, criticizing its participation in the RTRS, which they accuse of encouraging soy monoculture production and promoting Genetically Modified Soy (GM) soy as being “responsible”. In a letter to RTRS members dated April 2009, various organizations have called for members to abandon the RTRS.
Improving sugarcane cultivation in India
Scarcity of freshwater is affecting the productivity and profitability of sugarcane growers and millers in India. One of the world's thirstiest crops, approximately 25,000 kg of water is needed to produce 100 kg of sugarcane. Unless farmers are introduced to new methods for producing higher yields using much less water, the country will find it difficult to meet the growing demand for sugar.
Interest grows in neglected global water treaty
Delegates of 14 countries attending the World Water Forum tonight signed pledges of support to a growing call to bring into force a global water treaty that has languished in limbo for more than a decade as anxiety grows about the increased potential for conflict in a world increasingly short of water.
Modern irrigation techniques could save Turkey's water
With less than one tenth of Turkey’s irrigable land under modern irrigation techniques vast potentials for water saving exist in agriculture, user of nearly three quarters of the nation’s increasingly scarce water.WWF-Turkey CEO Dr. Filiz Demirayak told the World Water Forum, now going on in Istanbul today. that WWF pilot projects spread across Anatolia had shown water savings of up to half in some of the thirstiest crops.
“We have to change our perception of water and water use practices considerably,”