FARM NEWS - AFRICA DAILY

Mar 07, 2012 (SPX)

In 2007, a controversial pesticide was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use on fruit and vegetable crops, mainly in California and Florida. Farm...

A Vegetarian Cutlet

Mar 07, 2012 (SPX)

It looks like a cutlet, it's juicy and fibrous like a cutlet, and it even chews with the consistency of a real cutlet - but the ingredients are 100 percent vege...

Indigenous Peoples Offer Lessons On Conserving And Managing Plant Biodiversity

Mar 07, 2012 (SPX)

Humans are frequently blamed for deforestation and the destruction of environments, yet there are also examples of peoples and cultures around the world that ha...

The future of plant science - a technology perspective

Mar 06, 2012 (SPX)

Plant science is key to addressing the major challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century, according to Carnegie's David Ehrhardt and Wolf Frommer. In a Persp...

Report raises alarm over Laos monkey farms

Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)

Thousands of monkeys are being held in overcrowded and barren farms in Laos and sold for international laboratory research, according to a report from a British...

Australian floods to bring bumper farming year

Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)

Drenching rains that have caused widespread flooding in southeastern Australia will bring a bumper year for farmers, the agriculture minister said Tuesday, with...

Researcher tracks agricultural overuse of bug-killing technology

Mar 05, 2012 (SPX)

High corn prices are leading many growers to plant corn every year and to overuse pesticides and other bug-killing technology to maximize yields, researchers re...

Chinese land rights 'must not be violated': Wen

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

Farmers' rights to their land "must not be violated", China's premier told parliament on Monday, a day after elections in a village that became a symbol of resi...

Japan touts food in major Hong Kong market

Mar 02, 2012 (AFP)

More than 40 companies are touting their goods at a Japanese food exhibition in Hong Kong this weekend, hoping to reassure a major market that the country's pro...

Wild cereals threatened by global warming

Mar 01, 2012 (SPX)

Wheats and barleys are the staple food for humans and animal feed around the world, and their wild progenitors have undergone genetic changes over the last 28 y...

Harsh winter gives hope to Afghan farmers

Mar 01, 2012 (AFP)

Afghanistan's harshest winter in two decades has killed dozens of people, but heavy snow has brought prospects of an end to drought and bumper crops for farmers...

Farm 'weeds' have crucial role in sustainable agriculture

Feb 29, 2012 (SPX)

Plants often regarded as common weeds such as thistles, buttercups and clover could be critical in safe guarding fragile food webs on UK farms according to Rese...

To celebrate prairie landscapes, research says to take an aesthetic approach

Feb 29, 2012 (SPX)

A Kansas State University researcher and former park ranger is helping people take a new view of the prairie and see it as more than a seemingly empty landscape...

Creating solutions for African agriculture

Feb 29, 2012 (SPX)

We are frequently reminded of the complex challenges Africa faces when it comes to feeding its population, particularly in the sub-Saharan region. Dealing with ...

Human population the primary factor in exotic plant invasions in US

Feb 29, 2012 (SPX)

Extensive ongoing research on biotic invasions around the world constantly increases data availability and improves data quality. New research in the United Sta...

Livestock science will benefit sub-Saharan Africa

Feb 28, 2012 (SPX)

Africa will benefit greatly from advances in livestock science that will benefit the animals and the people they provide with high quality protein, said scienti...

Climate change threatens S.Africa's rooibos tea

Feb 27, 2012 (AFP)

Farm workers swing their sickles through red branches, bundling them up before laying them out in the sunshine to dry. The annual harvest at Groenkol Rooibos te...

Early ripening of grapes pinned to warming, soil moisture

Feb 26, 2012 (AFP)

Researchers in Australia say they have pinpointed key factors in the early ripening of grapes, providing potential answers for wine growers threatened by global...

Policies implementing GMOs need to take biodiversity complexities into account

Feb 24, 2012 (SPX)

Policies regarding genetically modified organisms (GMOs) need to take biodiversity and regional attributes into account, according to Sandra Mitchell, professor...

Hermetic bags save African crop

Feb 24, 2012 (SPX)

The hermetic grain storage bags that cut off oxygen to weevils and have saved West and Central African farmers hundreds of millions of dollars by putting the br...