FARM NEWS - AFRICA DAILY

Use space technology for food security: Former ISRO chief

Feb 15, 2012 (IANS)

India must embark on a "new evergreen revolution" with the extensive use of appropriate bio- and space technology inputs to ensure food security for all and ena...

New Zealand court suspends farm sale to Chinese firm

Feb 15, 2012 (AFP)

New Zealand's High Court on Wednesday overturned a decision to allow a Chinese company to buy a bankrupt dairy farm group, in a case which has sparked heated de...

Integrated weed management best response to herbicide resistance

Feb 14, 2012 (SPX)

Over-reliance on glyphosate-type herbicides for weed control on U.S. farms has created a dramatic increase in the number of genetically-resistant weeds, accordi...

Bio-Disinfection With Semi-Composted Manure

Feb 14, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers at the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Neiker-Tecnalia, have confirmed that the use of semi-composted manure in combinat...

DuPont to build Beijing seed bank

Feb 14, 2012 (AFP)

US chemical and agribusiness giant DuPont announced Tuesday it will build a "state-of-the-art" seed bank in Beijing to boost its molecular breeding business in ...

Hatchery fish mask the decline of wild salmon populations

Feb 14, 2012 (SPX)

Scientists have found that only about ten percent of the fall-run Chinook salmon spawning in California's Mokelumne River are naturally produced wild salmon. A ...

Shedding light on genetics of rice metabolism

Feb 13, 2012 (SPX)

A large-scale study analyzing metabolic compounds in rice grains conducted by researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center (PSC) and their collaborators has id...

5-10 percent corn yield jump using erosion-slowing cover crops

Feb 13, 2012 (SPX)

The most recent annual results from a four-year Iowa State University study on using cover crops between rows of corn reveals that higher yields - by as much as...

Fresh city tomatoes, any time

Feb 13, 2012 (SPX)

Why not produce lettuce, beans and tomatoes where most of the consumers are to be found: in the city? The flat roofs of many buildings are well-suited for growi...

Valentine's flowers inspected for pests

Feb 11, 2012 (UPI)

Before they woo or wow sweethearts, hundreds of millions of cut flowers get a critical look over from U.S. specialists looking for pests and disease. With Valen...

Miami battling invasion of giant African snails

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

No one knows how they got there. But an invasion of African giant snails has southern Florida in a panic over potential crop damage, disease and general yuckine...

Chinese snap up Aussie vines in hunt for top drop

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

The coal-rich hills of Australia's Hunter Valley have long fed China's steel furnaces but the winemaking region is riding a fresh boom as the Asian power's midd...

Romania's incoming agriculture minister slammed for GM links

Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)

A coalition of 70 environmental rights groups on Wednesday asked for Romania's incoming agriculture minister to be replaced because of his links to the genetica...

Electron-beam irradiation reduces virus-related health risk in lettuce and spinach

Feb 08, 2012 (SPX)

A team of scientists studying the effects of electron-beam irradiation on iceberg lettuce and spinach has had its research published in the February issue of th...

Consumers Willing to Buy Sustainable US Cotton

Feb 08, 2012 (SPX)

As the interest in environmentally responsible business practices grows globally, researchers are interested in how that interest translates into consumer sales...

Brazil to lead world in biotech crops: association

Feb 07, 2012 (AFP)

Brazil is on course to dislodge the United States as the world's top producer of biotech crops in the coming years, a leading promoter of farm biotechnology sai...

Nearly half China farmers suffer land grabs: report

Feb 07, 2012 (AFP)

More than 43 percent of Chinese farmers in a wide-ranging study have been victims of land grabs and local governments have made huge profits in the process, sta...