FARM NEWS - AFRICA DAILY

Green Revolution changes breathing of the biosphere

Nov 25, 2014 (SPX)

The intense farming practices of the "Green Revolution" are powerful enough to alter Earth's atmosphere at an ever-increasing rate, boosting the seasonal amplit...

Bee populations decline as they lose favorite pollinating plants

Nov 25, 2014 (AFP)

Bee populations have declined in recent decades mainly due to a loss of biodiversity causing the disappearance of their favorite pollinating plants, according t...

In first, Ontario may regulate bee-killing pesticides

Nov 25, 2014 (AFP)

Canada's Ontario province announced Tuesday plans to restrict the use of controversial pesticides believed to be responsible for mass deaths of bees, in order t...

Seychelles poachers go nutty for erotic shaped seed

Nov 23, 2014 (AFP)

Under cover of darkness in the steamy jungles of the Seychelles thieves creep out to harvest the sizeable and valuable nuts of the famous coco de mer palm, but ...

Dutch cull ducks amid bird flu fears in poultry heartland

Nov 22, 2014 (AFP)

The Dutch authorities on Saturday ordered the preventative cull of 8,000 ducks amid fears that a bird flu outbreak could spread to the country's poultry heartla...

Second bird flu outbreak found on Dutch farm

Nov 20, 2014 (AFP)

Dutch officials have detected a second case of bird flu on a southern Netherlands farm, officials said Thursday, but could not yet say whether the strain was of...

Great apes facing 'direct threat' from palm oil farming

Nov 20, 2014 (AFP)

The destruction of rainforests in Southeast Asia and increasingly in Africa to make way for palm oil cultivation is a "direct threat" to the survival of great a...

Trade on agenda as China's Xi visits New Zealand

Nov 20, 2014 (AFP)

China and New Zealand agreed to expand their burgeoning trade relationship during a state visit by President Xi Jinping Thursday, including a deal to allow tele...

Crops play a major role in the annual CO2 cycle increase

Nov 20, 2014 (SPX)

Each year, the planet balances its budget. The carbon dioxide absorbed by plants in the spring and summer as they convert solar energy into food is released bac...

Cocoa crunch: The worldwide chocolate shortage

Nov 20, 2014 (UPI)

The trending topic in the food industry is that the world faces a shortage in chocolate due to the wide gap between global demand and the limited supply of coco...

WHO braces for bird flu spread in European poultry, urges vigilance

Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)

A new kind of bird flu hitting European poultry farms will surely continue to spread among birds, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, urging countries t...

Insect-resistant maize increases yields and decrease pesticide use

Nov 18, 2014 (SPX)

Although maize was originally domesticated in Mexico, the country's average yield per hectare is 38% below the world's average. In fact, Mexico imports 30% of i...

Netherlands bans poultry transport after discovering bird flu

Nov 16, 2014 (AFP)

Dutch officials on Sunday banned the transport of poultry in the Netherlands after the discovery of a highly infectious strain of bird flu which could jump to h...

Australia's Rinehart invests Aus$500 million in China milk deal

Nov 15, 2014 (AFP)

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart Saturday signed a deal to invest Aus$500 million (US$438 million) in an Australian dairy project to tap into the multi-billion doll...

Insights into plant growth could curb need for fertilizers

Nov 13, 2014 (SPX)

New insights into how plants regulate their absorption of an essential nutrient could help avoid pollution caused by excess use of fertiliser. The findings coul...

Anti-organic: Why do some farmers resist profitable change?

Nov 12, 2014 (SPX)

Why do some chemical farmers resist a profitable conversion to organic methods? A new study in the Journal of Marketing suggests it may be because making that c...

Stolen or farmed, Greek mountain herbs take off

Nov 11, 2014 (AFP)

Christos Mousafidis, a police officer on the Greek-Albanian border, mainly deals with drug trafficking and illegal immigration. But this year he is grappling wi...

BAM-FX offers agricultural solutions across seven states

Nov 11, 2014 (SPX)

Zero Gravity Solutions has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, BAM Agricultural Solutions, has completed the regulatory requirements necessary to commen...

Using wheat as an energy source for beef cattle

Nov 09, 2014 (SPX)

Wheat, along with corn and barley, is one of the three major feed grains used in North America. Most of the feed-class wheat is fed to poultry and swine. Beef p...

Synthetic fish measures wild ride through dams

Nov 06, 2014 (SPX)

In the Pacific Northwest, young salmon must dodge predatory birds, sea lions and more in their perilous trek toward the ocean. Hydroelectric dams don't make the...