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North American weed poses hay fever problem for Europe
May 25, 2015 (AFP)
Itchy eyes, sneezing and wheezing are likely to spread in Europe in coming decades as a notorious allergy-causing North American weed goes on the rampage, scien...
Fresh milk, off the grid
May 25, 2015 (SPX)
Even though much of the population in developing countries is involved in agriculture, food security is virtually out of reach. Often the only resort is to purc...
Chinese dominance worries Nigeria's textile traders
May 24, 2015 (AFP)
Nafiu Badaru, a junior civil servant in northern Nigeria's biggest city Kano, doesn't make much money and it takes some cash to look good so he tends to buy mad...
Thousands worldwide march against Monsanto and GM crops
May 23, 2015 (AFP)
From Paris to Ouagadougou, thousands of people took to the streets Saturday to protest against the American biotechnology giant Monsanto and its genetically mod...
Satellite mapping reveals agricultural slowdown in Latin America
May 21, 2015 (SPX)
For the first time, satellite mapping of Latin America shows that the continent's agricultural expansion has waned in the wake of the global economic downturn, ...
Bodyguards for precious seeds
May 21, 2015 (SPX)
The fungi (Rhizoctonia solani) is stealthy blight, becoming visible only shortly before the harvest infesting beets or corn at their roots. The fungal rot begin...
Japan takes food row with SKorea to WTO
May 21, 2015 (AFP)
Japan on Thursday took its food row with South Korea to the World Trade Organization concerning import bans and new testing procedures following the Fukushima n...
France moves to ban food waste in supermarkets
May 21, 2015 (AFP)
In a rare show of unity France's parliament voted unanimously Thursday to ban food waste in big supermarkets, notably by outlawing the destruction of unsold foo...
How used coffee grounds could make some food more healthful
May 20, 2015 (SPX)
Coffee has gone from dietary foe to friend in recent years, partly due to the revelation that it's rich in antioxidants. Now even spent coffee-grounds are gaini...
Spores for thought
May 20, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at the Institute of Food Research have established how clostridia bacteria emerge from spores. This could help them understand how these bacteria ge...
Rubber plantation brings both work and worries to Gabon
May 20, 2015 (AFP)
When one of the world's biggest traders of agricultural commodities went to Gabon's government with a multi-million-dollar plan to produce rubber, the authoriti...
US beekeepers lost 40 percent of bees in 2014-15
May 20, 2015 (SPX)
Beekeepers across the United States lost more than 40 percent of their honey bee colonies during the year spanning April 2014 to April 2015, according to the la...
Climate change boosts a migratory insect pest
May 20, 2015 (SPX)
The potato leafhopper is a tiny insect--barely half the size of a grain of rice--with a bright lime green color that helps it blend in against plant leaves. Des...
Google backs farm-focused startup as 'AgTech' blooms
May 19, 2015 (AFP)
Google on Tuesday pumped $15 million into a farming-focused technology startup, the latest in a surge of investment applying Internet innovations to growing foo...
The mighty seed
May 19, 2015 (SPX)
Restoring diverse vegetation along the Atlantic seaboard after devastating hurricanes or replanting forests after destructive wildfires rests mightily upon one ...
Brazilian beef industry moves to reduce its destruction of rain forests
May 19, 2015 (SPX)
Expansion of cattle pastures has led to the destruction of huge swaths of rain forest in Brazil, home to the world's largest herd of commercial beef cattle. But...
White House gets busy to save the bees
May 19, 2015 (AFP)
The White House unveiled Tuesday a plan to reverse an alarming decline in the populations of bees and other pollinators that play a critical role in agriculture...
Humans, livestock in Kenya linked in sickness and in health
May 15, 2015 (SPX)
If a farmer's goats, cattle or sheep are sick in Kenya, how's the health of the farmer? Though researchers have long suspected a link between the health of farm...
Vineyard habitats help butterflies return
May 15, 2015 (SPX)
Washington wine grape vineyards experimenting with sustainable pest management systems are seeing an unexpected benefit: an increase in butterflies. Over the ye...
World population-food supply balance is becoming increasingly unstable
May 15, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers report that as the world population increases and food demand has grown, globalization of trade has made the food supply more sensitive to environme...
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