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Can factory chicken really help save the climate?
Dec 09, 2023 (AFP)
The 90,000 "broilers" -- chickens bred for their meat -- flapping around inside his three sheds, will more than triple in size in less than a month and their me...
Livestock produces 12% of human greenhouse gases: FAO
Dec 08, 2023 (AFP)
To reduce emissions, the Rome-based agency in a report called for improving the productivity of the entire production chain, adjusting animal feed and improving...
To the moo-n: cow dung fuels Japan's space ambitions
Dec 07, 2023 (AFP)
The experiment saw the engine blast out a blue-and-orange flame 10-15 metres (30-50 feet) horizontally out of an open hangar door for around 10 seconds in the r...
How climate change threatens global agriculture
Dec 07, 2023 (AFP)
- Food insecurity - Agriculture is both a cause and a victim of global warming. It represents nearly a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions -- largely fro...
'We need information' plead Peru farmers battling drought, climate change
Dec 07, 2023 (AFP)
"We cannot fight on our own against climate change," said 40-year-old Lidber Ramon, one of about 4,500 crop and livestock farmers around the region. Once brimfu...
Vertically farmed greens taste as good as organic ones
Dec 04, 2023 (SPX)
Bland. Pale. Artificial. These are just a few of the prejudices that Danish consumers have about vertically farmed veggies. But plants grown indoors, stacked an...
Maghreb farmers embrace drones to fight climate change
Dec 03, 2023 (AFP)
The black unmanned aircraft, equipped with a multi-lens camera and sensors, has been enlisted by Tunisian farmers to help adapt to years of drought and erratic ...
Morocco gardening school cultivates hope for marginalised youth
Dec 03, 2023 (AFP)
Now at 20, she has already seen a change in her outlook both on her own future as well as the planet's, after joining the school in the northwestern Moroccan ci...
Tufts University launches world's first Degree in Cellular Agriculture
Dec 01, 2023 (SPX)
Cellular agriculture, usually associated with lab-grown meat, encompasses a broader range of biotechnological processes for cultivating agricultural products fr...
Over 130 nations agree to include food, agriculture in climate plans
Dec 01, 2023 (AFP)
Food systems are estimated to be responsible for roughly a third of human-made greenhouse gases, but are increasingly threatened by global warming and biodivers...
Top producer Ivory Coast fears for cocoa output after rains
Nov 24, 2023 (AFP)
Following exceptionally heavy rain, this year's overall harvest of cocoa, used to manufacture chocolate, is set to be very low. The crop is harvested twice annu...
Brazil to unveil plan to increase farmland by 60%
Nov 24, 2023 (AFP)
The South American country will move to convert degraded grazing areas into farmland, the government announced a week ahead of the climate summit, set to kick o...
Shear bliss for New Zealand's pampered sheep
Nov 23, 2023 (AFP)
Forget any preconceptions of rough-hewn shearers manhandling the flock as they quickly deprive them of their fleece in crowded, noisy wool-sheds. At Lake Hawea ...
EU lawmakers reject proposal to halve pesticide use
Nov 22, 2023 (AFP)
The full European Parliament shot down, in a 299-to-207 vote, a recommendation endorsed by its environment committee based on a text put forward by the European...
In many major crop regions, workers plant and harvest in spiraling heat and humidity
Nov 21, 2023 (SPX)
"If this affects humans' ability to grow food, that's serious," said lead author Connor Diaz, who did the research as a Columbia University undergraduate studen...
Microbes could help reduce the need for chemical fertilizers
Nov 21, 2023 (SPX)
Bacteria that can convert nitrogen gas to ammonia could not only provide nutrients that plants need, but also help regenerate soil and protect plants from pests...
Brussels extends use of controversial herbicide
Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)
Glyphosate is one of the most widely used weedkillers in the world but critics point to evidence it may cause cancer and constitutes a risk to biodiversity. The...
French oyster farmers race to recover from storm
Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)
"I've been here 12 years and never seen anything like this," says the farmer, perched on a tractor in the middle of an oyster bed on the west coast. Rodes takes...
China's animal lovers fight illegal cat meat trade
Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)
Most people in China do not eat cat meat, but an estimated four million furry friends are slaughtered for food each year in an illegal market that includes area...
Myanmar's famed Inle Lake chokes on floating farms
Nov 14, 2023 (AFP)
The floating farms have become as ubiquitous at the UNESCO-recognised reserve as its famed houses on stilts and leg-rowing fishermen, but locals warn that the p...
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