FARM NEWS - AFRICA DAILY

Glyphosate-resistant 'superweeds' may be less susceptible to diseases

Jul 18, 2012 (SPX)

Scientists searching for clues to understand how superweeds obtain resistance to the popular herbicide glyphosate may have been missing a critical piece of info...

Scaled-back NBAF and NBAF as designed are options that could meet critical US lab needs

Jul 17, 2012 (SPX)

It is "imperative" that the U.S. build a large-animal biocontainment laboratory to protect animal and public health, says a new report by the National Research ...

Poisons on public lands put wildlife at risk

Jul 17, 2012 (SPX)

Rat poison used on illegal marijuana farms may be sickening and killing the fisher, a rare forest carnivore that makes its home in some of the most remote areas...

Pioneering self-contained 'smart village' offers world model for rural poverty relief

Jul 17, 2012 (SPX)

An innovative, high-tech "smart village" built in Malaysia provides a potential global template for addressing rural poverty in a sustainable environment, say i...

Tiger kills plantation worker in Indonesia

Jul 17, 2012 (AFP)

A Sumatran tiger attacked and killed a palm oil plantation worker in Indonesia, a conservation official said Tuesday, underlining the growing problem of human-a...

A shortcut to sustainable fisheries

Jul 17, 2012 (SPX)

Up to now, methods to estimate the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) of fish stocks are very complex and, as a consequence, expensive. However, Dr Rainer Froese, ...

Sake, soy sauce, and the taming of the microbes

Jul 17, 2012 (SPX)

We all know that humans have domesticated plants and animals for our sustenance and enjoyment, but we've tamed various microbes as well. Now researchers reporti...

Messy experiment cleans up physics mystery of cornstarch

Jul 16, 2012 (SPX)

Most people buy cornstarch to make custard or gravy, but Scott Waitukaitis and Heinrich Jaeger have used it to solve a longstanding physics problem with a subst...

Tannins in sorghum and benefits focus of university, USDA study

Jul 16, 2012 (SPX)

They might be called a blessing or a curse - tannins, which are present in certain sorghums, contain health-promoting antioxidant properties, but also provide a...

European grain prices rise on global drought

Jul 16, 2012 (AFP)

European grain market prices climbed on Monday as concern grew over harvests from the world's two biggest breadbaskets, the United States and the Black Sea Basi...

From aflatoxin to sake

Jul 16, 2012 (SPX)

What do beer, dogs and cats, and corn all have in common? All of them are the end products of the process of domestication. Almost everybody knows that a number...

Climate change means stressed cows may have less milk

Jul 13, 2012 (SPX)

"Cows are happy in parts of Northern California and not in Florida" is a good way to sum up the findings of new research from the University of Washington, said...

Down on the cacao farm: Sloths thrive at chocolate's source

Jul 13, 2012 (SPX)

Like many Neotropical fauna, sloths are running out of room to maneuver. As forests in South and Central America are cleared for agriculture and other human use...

Ancient domesticated remains are oldest in southern Africa

Jul 13, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers have found evidence of the earliest known instance of domesticated caprines (sheep and goats) in southern Africa, dated to the end of the first mill...

Sustainability of rice landscapes in South East Asia threatened

Jul 12, 2012 (SPX)

During a meeting in Banaue, The Philippines, scientists from 21 research institutions from Germany, Vietnam, The Philippines, Thailand, UK, Bulgaria and Spain r...

US wineries uncork Internet innovations

Jul 12, 2012 (AFP)

From iPads in vineyards to virtual tastings on Twitter, the tradition-steeped US wine industry is increasingly turning to Internet Age innovations to improve vi...

France sends emergency anti-locust aid

Jul 12, 2012 (UPI)

France said this week it is mobilizing emergency efforts to stop locust swarms in Africa's Sahel from spreading farther into drought-stricken Niger and Mali. Th...

South African farmer equips sheep with cell phones

Jul 11, 2012 (AFP)

A South African farmer is fielding phone calls from his sheep, after equipping them with cell phones to keep tabs on the flock amid recent livestock thefts, acc...

Study serves up healthy choice of rice

Jul 11, 2012 (SPX)

Rice consumers concerned about reports that rice is linked to diabetes can rest assured that rice can be part of a healthy diet, with scientists finding that th...

School days rivalry leads to pocket sommelier

Jul 11, 2012 (AFP)

Daniel Feder is out to trump a grade school buddy who hit it big with online travel service TripAdvisor. He plans to do it by putting a sommelier in the pocket ...