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CBC: This atmospheric trend is devastating crops (and no one’s talking about it)

Scientists have coined a new term: thirstwaves. The phenomenon occurs during extended periods of unusually high evaporation — caused not from a lack of rain, but because the air is extra thirsty. Johanna Wagstaffe breaks down how thirstwaves could seriously affect farming and water supplies.

#foodsupply #climatemergency #droughts #climate #food #agriculture

cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.672

🌍 Les luttes paysannes sont globales.

En Afrique, l’héritage colonial a imposé des cultures d’exportation (cacao, coton) au détriment des cultures vivrières.

La PAC 🇪🇺 a aggravé la dépendance par le dumping 💸, détruisant les écosystèmes et les savoirs locaux.

🇵🇸 En Palestine, les paysan·nes sont exproprié·es de leurs terres de manière brutale et illégitime.
Des pratiques qui privent les peuples de leurs moyens de subsistance et de leur histoire.

💪 IES lutte contre le néocolonialisme, défend un modèle agricole autonome, juste et vivant !

George Monbiot on #food production, #farming, #agriculture and #climatebreakdown. „The immediate reasons for this partial reversal are the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but there are also three deeper and increasingly urgent issues: the decline of crucial resources, such as soil and water, environmental shocks hammering farm production, and the global food chain’s loss of systemic resilience.“

monbiot.com/2023/10/04/the-cru

George Monbiot · The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed PeopleThe astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death

A genomic analysis of fine aroma cocoa from northern Peru revealed genetic divergence and evolutionary patterns within Theobroma cacao.

The study identified 3 distinct genetic groups and estimated divergence times, suggesting that fine aroma cocoa diversified during the Pleistocene. The findings offer insights into cacao's genetic structure and could aid in breeding and conservation efforts.

globalplantcouncil.org/mapping #PlantScience #Cacao #Agriculture #PlantGenetics #Science

**Labor, land, and the global dynamics of economic inequality**

“_This study supports the contention that transitions from labor- to land-limited systems, rather than cultivation and/or herding per se, have contributed systematically to the long-term dynamics of economic inequality._”

A. Bogaard, P. Cruz, M. Fochesato, J. Birch, G. Cervantes Quequezana, S. Chirikure, E.R. Crema, G.M. Feinman, A.S. Green, H. Hamerow, G. Jin, T. Kerig, D. Lawrence, M.D. McCoy, J. Munson, S.G. Ortman, C.A. Petrie, & P. Roscoe, Labor, land, and the global dynamics of economic inequality, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (16) e2400694122, doi.org/10.1073/pnas.240069412 (2025).

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Anthropology #Agriculture #Wealth #Inequality #Academia #Academics @anthropology

A House committee has approved the Pet and Livestock Protection Act, a bill that would remove gray wolves from the Endangered Species List and block federal protections. Supporters call it a win for ranchers, while critics warn it threatens wolf recovery and ecological balance.

wildhunt.org/2025/04/bill-to-s

The Wild Hunt · Bill to Strip Gray Wolves of Federal Protections Passes Key CommitteeBy Manny Moreno