Category: Livestock

FAO: Foot-and-mouth outbreak in Europe is the worst since 2001
And an exotic strain is present in Iraq and Bahrain

May 5, 2025

Food & Climate The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced that Europe is experiencing the worst outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease since the beginning of this century…

Cropland in Myanmar, the earthquake destroys a third of grain-producing areas
80% of the maize crop, essential for livestock, was lost

April 12, 2025

Food & Climate Over 3.7 million hectares of cropland in Myanmar across key agricultural regions – Sagaing, Magway, Mandalay, and Shan – were exposed to the earthquake. These regions produce…

Plant-based meat market increasing, ethical consumer demand one of the reasons
Expected to reach $21.8 billion in 2030

March 30, 2025

Food & Climate The Plant-Based Meat Market was valued at $ 9.57 billion in 2024, and is projected to reach $ 21.81 billion by 2030, rising at a CAGR of…

UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 talks resume next week
Zahedi: Investment needed to change course is at least $200 billion annually by 2030

February 20, 2025

Food & Climate The resumed session of the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) will take place at the Food and…

Emissions of major meat producers are on par with oil and gas companies, why?
Some see the solution in plant-based alternatives

February 16, 2025

Food & Climate The world’s major meat producers like JBS and Tyson Foods have emissions footprints on a par with some of the world’s fossil fuel companies (oil and gas). …

Potato protein, will it help the world to be empty of cows?
Its market is expected to grow by 6.9% annually until 2031

February 14, 2025

Food & Climate An emerging molecular farming company has unveiled an unexpected food innovation—genetically engineered potato protein or casein that produce real cow milk proteins. This technology relies on AI-driven…

Fast food firms in Finland which introduce plant-based meat are better for climate
Emissions of burger patties are approximately 65 to 90% lower than their meat-based counterparts

January 29, 2025

Food & Climate Finnwatch noted that fast food firms in Finland which introduce plant-based meat are better for climate. They use play a major role in terms of environmental impacts.…

FAO: Gaza’s agrifood systems infrastructure are devastated by the conflict
The Strip's exports of many crops, such as strawberries and tomatoes, exceeded $67 million before the war

January 28, 2025

Food & Climate The latest geospatial assessment carried out by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) between October and December…

Cultivated meat gets natural taste from lab-grown beef fat, Europe gets second order
Dutch company wants to market cultured fat to 27 European countries

January 24, 2025

Food & Climate EU Commission and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) received the second company filing for approval for cultivated meat, that Mosa Meat which would introduce for the…

Nitrogen pollution is most severe in North America and Western Europe due to long-term heavy fertilizer use
A new report recommends investment in high-efficiency and low-emission mineral fertilizers

January 20, 2025

Food & Climate Nitrogen pollution is most severe in North America, Western Europe and certain Asian countries, where fertilizers have been extensively used and misused for decades, according to a…