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0 s' W6 ?$ y/ y7 H The world s farms are disappearing.A new study out of the University of Colorado, Boulder found that the number of farms globally will shrink in half by the end of the century. The most striking finding that comes out of this work is that globally鈥e ll see a tipping point from farm creation to farm consolidation, said Zia Mehrabi, an assistant profe stanley cup ssor at the University of Colorado, Boulder and author of the study.His research found the number of stanley cup farms will decline from 616 million in 2020 to 272 million in 2100. As the economy grows, we see farms getting larger and fewer, he said.SEE MORE: A former Wall Street banker, now a Mississippi farmerWhy is this happening One reason, the study mentions, is because there are not enough people to do farm work as people move from rural areas to cities.The research also mentions the average existing farm will double in size by the end of the century. This future transition from many small farms into fewer larger farms is that we re going to lose biodiversity, he said.So what does this mean for us It s inherently more risky to a number of types of shocks, Mehrabi said.For exa stanley cup mple, pest outbreaks could become more common with decreasing diversity in farms and crop types.In turn, these changes will have a broad impact on our food supply. Really what I m calling for is foresight. Foresight into the changes that are happening and policies that are put in place to ensure we have a safer planet that feeds us all into the future, he sai Dbwc Cyber Security Summit unites experts and students in the battle against digital threats8 l, o) }7 f$ W8 w8 m# A7 R
The Trump administration has proposed further slashing the number of refugees the United States accepts to a new record low in the coming year.In a notice sent to Congress late Wednesday, just 34 minutes before a statutory deadline to do so, the administration said it intended to admit a maximum of 15,000 refugees in fiscal year 2021. Thats 3,000 fewer than the 18,000 ceiling the administration had set for fiscal year 2020, which expired at mid stanley mugg night Wednesday.The proposal will now be reviewed by Congress, where there are strong objections to the cuts, but lawmakers will be largely powerless to force changes.The more than 16.5% reduction was announced shortly after President Donald Trump vilified refugees as an unwanted burden at a campaign rally in Duluth, Minne stanley hrnek sota, where he assailed his opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden. He claimed Biden wants to flood the state with foreigners. Biden will turn Minnesota into a refugee camp, and he said that 鈥?overwhelming public resources, overcrowding schools and inundating hospitals. You know that. Its already there. Its a disgrace what theyve done to your state, Trump told supporters.Trump froze refugee admissions in March amid the coronavir stanley portugal us pandemic, citing a need to protect American jobs as fallout from the coronavirus crashed the economy.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the administration is committed to the countrys history of leading the world in providing a safe place for refugees. We continue to be the single greate |
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