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  • Greener Pastures for Cattle Ranching

    Lisa Palmer

    November 18, 2014 |

    Future Food |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Cali, Valle del Cauca

    In Colombia, traditional cattle pastures have caused soil degradation, deforestation, and desertification. To reconcile this, several thousand acres of land in Latin America have been transformed into a silvo-pastoral system of grazing and raising cattle with agro-forestry. The Colombia-based Center for Research in Sustainable Systems of Agriculture seeks to reduce pasture land by 26 million acres while increasing cattle numbers by 2019.

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  • How Weeds Could Help Feed Billions in a Warming World

    Lisa Palmer

    June 05, 2014 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    The demand for food crops is increasing globally while the crop resilience is decreasing due to a warming climate and elevated CO2 levels. Scientists in Washington, DC are testing how to cross food crops with weeds, which have resilience against heat and many other environmental challenges.

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  • In the Pastures of Colombia, Cows, Crops, and Timber Coexist

    Lisa Palmer

    March 13, 2014 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Cali, Valle del Cauca

    Colombia’s National Development Plan for cattle ranching seeks to reduce pasture land from 94 million acres to 70 million acres while increasing cattle numbers from 23 million head to 40 million. The program focuses on planting trees on grazing land and the "cut and carry method," whereby farmers grow fields of shrubs and distribute the fresh cuttings to cows in pastures. The result is greater cattle productivity and a more eco-friendly farming system.

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