Today is ‘World Environment Day’, the UN’s way of reminding us that we should be aware of environmental issues and be activists for the natural world, not just passive observers. It has been held on 5th June since 1974 and is now marked in 143 countries across the world. Every year there is a differentContinueContinue reading “World Environment Day”
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African Continent Faces the ArmyWorm
Whenever there is news reported about Africa in the west it tends to be bad news. I therefore don’t really relish writing this article. I’m following the trend. However, what amazes me is that apart from an article in the FT and in The Independent the mainstream media [I accept that the Ugandan Independent isn’t ‘mainstream’ inContinueContinue reading “African Continent Faces the ArmyWorm”
A busy month
With a fortnight’s worth of guest posts now over it certainly seems a while since I wrote something on the blog myself. I want to thank all of the contributors who wrote for the marine series, and I hope that you have enjoyed reading their posts as much as I have. It is easy toContinueContinue reading “A busy month”
National Trust find their ‘£1 a year’ farmer
You may remember that, earlier this year, when Brexit still looked like a bizarre fantasy, the National Trust began an international search for a farmer to manage a 145 acre farm on the Great Orme near Llandudno in Wales. Famously, the rent offer was for just £1 a year. The Trust feared that the farmContinueContinue reading “National Trust find their ‘£1 a year’ farmer”
Brexit and the OECD challenge to subsidies
Every year the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) releases an ‘Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Report’ which looks at and assesses the various agricultural policies of the 35 OECD nations around the world, as well as 15 ‘selected partner economies’. The 2016 version was released back in June, but BBC Farming Today broughtContinueContinue reading “Brexit and the OECD challenge to subsidies”
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