Charlotte Johnson

HAITI- FAO and the Government of Haiti are seeking $74 million over the next 12 months to help rehabilitate the country's agricultural sector in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

GLOBAL - Amid population growth and escalating food demands, two global analyses have determined that climate change mitigation and adaptation are equally critical for global food security.

US - Based on the current forecast track of Hurricane Sandy, heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and dangerous surf will affect the Northeast this week. The Coast Guard is advising boaters to prepare now and carefully monitor t…

NORWAY - Nutreco has reported an increase in revenue of 13 per cent in the third quarter of 2012, compared to third quarter results from 2011. Success in the fish feed sector offset poorer results in other livestock feed…

UK - The Government has secured another major step towards fundamental reform of the broken Common Fisheries Policy today following agreement on the future of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.

GLOBAL - This year's World Food Day, on 16 October, coincides with international concerns about food prices, writes Charlotte Johnston.

EU - This year over 2,300 exhibitors from 51 countries will be represented at the Exhibition Grounds in Hanover for EuroTier 2012.

EU - The Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) reform and the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform will be the focal points of the two day meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, which will be held in Brussels on 24-…

GLOBAL - Skyrocketing agricultural commodity prices are causing the world to re-enter a period of "agflation", with food prices forecast to reach record highs in 2013 and to continue to rise well into Q3 2013, according …

DENMARK - Oceana is deeply disappointed in the Danish Governments recent approval of blue mussel fisheries inside two Natura 2000 sites in the Limfjord, Denmark. This decision puts both areas, which have been protected t…

UK - A grant from the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) is helping to empower commercial fishermen to research the inshore shark and ray fisheries of the southern North Sea (ICES division IVc).

GLOBAL - An international research team, led by Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and BGI, has completed the sequencing, assembly and analysis of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) genomethe first mo…

NEW ZEALAND - The company that makes the feed pellets used at New Zealand King Salmon farms is replacing fish oil and meal with poultry and freezing industry waste.

GLOBAL - Higher-welfare animal products were shown to have a number of nutritional benefits over intensively-reared animal products, in a new study by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF).

AUSTRALIA - Australias export earnings from agricultural, fisheries and forestry sectors are forecast to remain strong in 201213, according to the Agricultural commodities September Quarter 2012.

EU - FEFAC, the European Feed Manufacturers' Federation has stressed the need for consumers to pay higher end product costs to reflect the dramatic increases in vegetable proteins and energy crops, on the back of two suc…

GLOBAL - The world today confronts a water crisis with critical implications for peace, political stability and economic development, experts warn in a new report issued jointly by the InterAction Council (IAC), a group …

FRANCE - Hendrix Genetics is dedicated to delivering Better Breeding Today. Consequently, it has established a new world-class Research & Development centre in France. The new Genomics Laboratory is a central hub for…

US - A new study by researchers at Stanford University shows that organic produce and meat are no more nutritious than conventionally raised products.

THAILAND - The Agriculture Ministry has identified 16 flagship products and grouped them into clusters with a view to further penetration of the regional market and cashing in on the upcoming Asean Economic Community (AE…