FARM NEWS - AFRICA DAILY

Warmer soils release additional CO2 into atmosphere; Effect stabilizes over longer term

Jan 23, 2013 (SPX)

Warmer temperatures due to climate change could cause soils to release additional carbon into the atmosphere, thereby enhancing climate change - but that effect...

First Global Assessment of Land and Water 'Grabbing'

Jan 23, 2013 (SPX)

As world food and energy demands grow, nations and some corporations increasingly are looking to acquire quality agricultural land for food production. Some nat...

USDA Studies Confirm Plant Water Demands Shift with Water Availability

Jan 23, 2013 (SPX)

Plants can adapt to extreme shifts in water availability, such as drought and flooding, but their ability to withstand these extreme patterns will be tested by ...

British mackerel no longer sustainable fish: conservationists

Jan 22, 2013 (AFP)

Mackerel has been struck off a list of sustainable fish by British conversationists who warn that overfishing is depleting stocks. Previously championed as a he...

Cotton could be desert water source

Jan 22, 2013 (UPI)

Cotton with a special coating that collects water from fog is a potential solution to provide water in desert regions, Dutch researchers say. Scientists at Eind...

EU freezes approval of GM crops to 2014

Jan 22, 2013 (AFP)

The European Commission has decided to freeze the approval process for genetically modified food crops through the end of its mandate next year while it works t...

Dietary shifts driving up phosphorus use

Jan 21, 2013 (SPX)

Dietary changes since the early 1960s have fueled a sharp increase in the amount of mined phosphorus used to produce the food consumed by the average person ove...

Potential harvest of most fish stocks largely unrelated to abundance

Jan 18, 2013 (SPX)

Fisheries managers should sharpen their ability to spot environmental conditions that hamper or help fish stocks, rather than assuming that having a certain abu...

Amino Acid Studies May Aid Battle Against Citrus Greening Disease

Jan 18, 2013 (SPX)

Amino acids in orange juice might reveal secrets to the successful attack strategy of the plant pathogen that causes citrus greening disease, also known as Huan...

2 new studies show why biodiversity is important for pollination services in California almond

Jan 17, 2013 (SPX)

Agricultural demand for pollination is growing more quickly than the supply of honey bees, the dominant species managed for crop pollination. Increasing the eff...

China crash sees cats escape cooking pot

Jan 17, 2013 (AFP)

Around 600 cats stuffed into wooden crates and destined for dinner plates in southern China were rescued by animal protection volunteers after a truck crash, a ...

Colombia rebels slams govt on land bill

Jan 16, 2013 (AFP)

Colombia's FARC guerrilla group accused the government Wednesday of fast-tracking laws on sensitive issues like land ownership that are on the agenda of peace t...

How does your garden glow?

Jan 16, 2013 (SPX)

Nature's ability to create iridescent flowers has been recreated by mathematicians at The University of Nottingham. The team of researchers have collaborated wi...

Study shows pine beetle outbreak buffers watersheds from nitrate pollution

Jan 16, 2013 (SPX)

A research team involving several scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder has found an unexpected silver lining in the devastating pine beetle outbre...

Trophy hunts mean most S. African lions are farm-raised

Jan 16, 2013 (AFP)

Lions may be the well-reputed kings of the savannah, but South Africa's lucrative trophy-hunting industry means the regal cats are more likely to know the insid...

Uruguay farmers set against open-pit iron ore mine

Jan 16, 2013 (UPI)

Uruguayan miners and environmentalists are increasingly set against President Jose Mujica going ahead with an open-pit iron ore mine's development, which they w...

Using lysine estimates to detect heat damage in DDGS

Jan 16, 2013 (SPX)

Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) are a good source of energy and protein in swine diets. However, they can be damaged by excessive heat during proce...

EU hints at insecticide ban over threat to bees

Jan 16, 2013 (AFP)

The European Commission hinted on Wednesday that it could ban several insecticides, some made by German chemicals giant Bayer, after scientists found disturbing...

Robots, recycling map route to greener French wine

Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)

An Earth-friendly future for French wine could include disease-resistant grapes, solar-powered robots, and lighter packaging, as vintners innovate to slash thei...

Farmland Opportunity Includes 17,687 Great Plains Acres

Jan 15, 2013 (SPX)

Hudye Farms US Inc. has announced the sale offering of a large assemblage of prime farmland available in the eastern Colorado and western Kansas region. Hudye F...