Agronomy Bookmarks
Bookmarks about food production and subsidies.
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Die Proteste sind eine Frage der Subventionen:
Der Deutsche Bauernverband setzt sich in seiner Lobbyarbeit im Bundestag aber vor allem auch bei der EU hauptsĂ€chlich fĂŒr die groĂen Betriebe ein. Dieser und andere VerbĂ€nde sind mitverantwortlich fĂŒr die Förderpolitik der EU, die Fördergelder nach FlĂ€che verteilt â was natĂŒrlich bedeutet, dass groĂe Betriebe mehr bekommen als kleinere. Dadurch sorgen die Subventionen eben nicht dafĂŒr, dass die Landwirtschaft insgesamt sich besser an die Entwicklungen bei Klima, Umweltschutz und Co. anpassen kann. Die Subventionen sorgen im Gegenteil dafĂŒr, dass die Schere zwischen den groĂen Betrieben, die aktive Lobbyarbeit betreiben, und der riesigen Mehrheit an mittleren und kleinen Betrieben, die tĂ€glich ums wirtschaftliche Ăberleben kĂ€mpfen, immer gröĂer wird. â Wer wirklich Schuld an den Problemen der Bauern hat!, Frederik Mallon und Sophie Scheingraber, Volksverpetzer (2024)
Ja, es gibt Bauern und BauernverbĂ€nde, die ⊠sich klar von (extremen) Rechten distanzieren. Die sich nicht von der Heuchelei der AfD beeindrucken lassen, sondern klare Kante zeigen gegen Demokratiefeindlichkeit und Instrumentalisierung der Bauernproteste. So zum Beispiel die Arbeitsgemeinschaft bĂ€uerliche Landwirtschaft (AbL). Sie bildete sich in den 1970ern als Gegenbewegung zum Deutschen Bauernverband. â ibid.
Wer wirklich Schuld an den Problemen der Bauern hat!
Die EU knickt ein:
BRUSSELS, April 24 (Reuters) - European Union proposals to weaken the green conditions attached to the bloc's subsidies for farmers won backing from the European Parliament on Wednesday, as policymakers attempt to quell protests across Europe. â EU Parliament approves weakened green rules for farmers
EU Parliament approves weakened green rules for farmers
Climate and food and logistics:
The distance between the origin and end-point of food supply chains, and the âlocalnessâ of food systems, are key considerations of many narratives associated with sustainability. Yet, information on the minimum distance to food crops is still scarce at the global level. Using an optimization model based on âfoodshedsâ (that is, self-sufficient areas with internal dependencies), we calculate the potential minimum distance between food production and consumption for six crop types around the world. We show that only 11â28% of the global population can fulfil their demand for specific crops within a 100-km radius, with substantial variation between different regions and crops. For 26â64% of the population, that distance is greater than 1,000âkm â Local food crop production can fulfil demand for less than one-third of the population
Local food crop production can fulfil demand for less than one-third of the population
Multi-crop farming:
Measured by land equivalent ratio (LER), multi-crop(MC) farms are more productive than single-crop (SC) farms. However, not all MC farms are equally productive; rather, their relative productive efficiency depends on the specific crop combination and planting design. Row intercropping is scarcely more productive than monocultures. In contrast, either a semi-randomly or uniformly heterogenous plantation of multiple crops in each row and column is obviously more diverse in composition, and hence the impact of diversity on productivity is likely to be more pronounced. This is exactly evidenced in our results of MC farms ⊠in which the overall per plant productivity of the crops is more than five times higher than that of SC farms. ⊠Drawing on these findings, agroecology practitioners, researchers and policy makers may confidently promote mixed cropping and discontinue monoculture, to enhance agrobiodiversity and food security. â Productive efficiency of traditional multiple cropping systems compared to monocultures of seven crop species: a benchmark study, Debal Deb, Experimental Results , Volume 2 , 2021 , e18, Cambridge University Press