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Fly larvae: Costa Rica's sustainable protein for animal feed

Nov 11, 2023 (AFP)

The Central American nation, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, has put a lot of energy and creativity into the goal of becoming the greenest, most sus...

FAO says $160 million needed for El Nino plan

Nov 09, 2023 (AFP)

The FAO's action plan includes helping fishermen protect their boats from storms, reinforcing river embankments ahead of floods and distributing drought-toleran...

Global wine production hits lowest level since 1961

Nov 07, 2023 (AFP)

Output reached 244.1 million hectolitres, down seven percent from last year, the intergovernmental body said as it presented its first estimates. "Once again, e...

Hydrosat contracts Muon Space to Integrate Multispectral and IR imaging instruments

Nov 03, 2023 (SPX)

This strategic alliance propels Hydrosat's ambitious initiative to establish a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation dedicated to addressing the growing...

Italy's olive growers lament poor harvests from extreme weather

Nov 03, 2023 (AFP)

"Production has fallen by 80 percent," said the 43-year-old farmer from Sabina, north of Rome, despondently holding up a branch with only a few shrivelled green...

Australian woman arrested in lethal mushroom mystery

Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)

The arrest of 49-year-old Erin Patterson is the latest twist in a saga that has gripped the nation and thrust the spotlight on the small rural town of Leongatha...

Australian woman charged with murder over mushroom meal deaths

Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)

Erin Patterson, 49, faces three counts of murder and two of attempted murder over the meal, Victoria state detectives said in a statement. She has publicly deni...

Biden courts rural US voters with Minnesota farm visit

Nov 01, 2023 (AFP)

"My plan is about investing in rural America. It's about something else as well. It's about restoring pride... to rural communities that have been left behind f...

In Brazil town turning to desert, farmers fight to hang on

Nov 01, 2023 (AFP)

Abade, a 65-year-old cattle rancher, lives in Brazil's worst desertification hotspot: Gilbues, in the northeastern state of Piaui, where a parched, canyon-pocke...

Ten percent of high-latitude wilderness may be threatened by agriculture as the climate warms

Oct 31, 2023 (SPX)

"We expected that warming temperatures would increase agricultural suitability at high latitudes," says lead author Alexandra Gardner (@AlexandraGardnr) of the ...

Brazil's booming ag sector draws cash and controversy

Oct 31, 2023 (AFP)

Here is an overview of the South American ag giant, which, more than a decade after passing the United States as the world's biggest soy and beef exporter, is s...

Bjork, Rosalia team up against Iceland fish farms

Oct 30, 2023 (AFP)

Proceeds from the song will help cover the legal costs of those fighting the farms, the Icelandic star's French team told AFP on Monday as they confirmed the re...

Producing more food and storing more carbon

Oct 30, 2023 (SPX)

More food is required and can be transported around the world within shortest periods of time. However, the historically developed food production systems do no...

Drought and shrinking herds push US beef prices through the roof

Oct 30, 2023 (AFP)

These days, Mary Skinner is finding it harder to get her daily meat intake. "I have extreme need for protein and I need to eat meat that my doctor ordered," sai...

Seaweed was once central to many European diets for thousands of years

Oct 30, 2023 (The Conversation)

Our evidence came from skeletal remains, namely the calculus (hardened dental plaque) that built up around the teeth of these people when they were alive. Many ...

Smart irrigation technology covers more crop per drop

Oct 30, 2023 (SPX)

"Many of the poor around the world are small, subsistence farmers," says Susan Amrose, research scientist with the Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Lab at...

Adding crushed rock to farmland pulls carbon out of the air

Oct 30, 2023 (SPX)

Rain captures carbon dioxide from the air as it falls and reacts with volcanic rock to lock up carbon. The process, called rock weathering, can take millions of...

EU legislators vote to slash use of pesticides

Oct 24, 2023 (AFP)

But green politicians were left to regret the rejection of a proposed symbolic declaration calling for a complete ban on controversial weedkiller glyphosate. A ...

Drought-hit farmers in US heartland hope Mississippi 'comes back'

Oct 24, 2023 (AFP)

He's been working 16 or 17 hours a day to finish harvesting his crops and -- an added stress this year -- to find someplace to store tons of excess soybeans. "G...

In US, invasive spotted lanternflies are devastating crops

Oct 21, 2023 (AFP)

But the insect native to parts of Asia (Lycorma delicatula) is attacking plants and trees in the United States, and officials are moving quickly to try to conta...