In fiscal year 2024, climate finance amounted to 62 percent of total lending in the agriculture and food sector, in the World Bank. World Bank food- and agriculture-oriented projects approved between ...

What would it mean to climate change to remove 12 million gas-powered passenger vehicles from the roads of the U.S.? Katina Hanson, acting senior advisor for climate smart commodities at the U.S.

Our agricultural system must transition to farming systems and technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve resilience to the impacts of climate change – all while maintaining ...

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack was joined by leaders of soy, corn and pork commodity groups during a signing ceremony Friday at the 2023 Commodity Classic in Orlando, Fla. Friday marked the ...

USDA’s rule not only establishes what crops, but also what practices qualify for 45Z credit. The interim rule establishes guidelines for quantifying, reporting, and verifying the greenhouse gas (GHG) ...

America’s farms don’t just run on corn and cattle. They also run on cash from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Every year, the USDA spends billions of dollars to keep farmers in business. It hands ...

To achieve sustainable rice production and food security in the region, farmers in six Asian countries have used nuclear derived climate-smart agricultural practices and significantly increased their ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture published an interim rule establishing guidelines for climate-smart crops used as biofuel feedstocks, as well as a Feedstock Carbon Intensity Calculator ...

Groups hope the Biden administration’s guidelines will be used for a clean fuels tax credit, but it’s not clear whether the Trump administration will do so. Biofuel industry groups urged the Trump ...

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry warned Wednesday that the world can't tackle climate change without first addressing the agriculture sector's emissions. Kerry lamented that ...