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France says record 16 million birds culled in flu outbreak

May 02, 2022 (AFP)

The country has been hit by several epidemics since 2015 but they have mainly been contained to the southwest, where ducks are bred for the lucrative foie gras ...

Can pee help feed the world?

May 02, 2022 (AFP)

Engineer Fabien Esculier has never forgotten his grandmother's unconventional approach to gardening -- in fact, it has inspired his career. Human urine may seem...

Indonesia's palm oil export ban heats up vegetable oil market

Apr 30, 2022 (AFP)

The prices of palm, soybean, European rapeseed and even its Canadian GMO counterpart, canola oil, have reached historic highs following Indonesia's announcement...

Clusters of weather extremes will increase risks to corn crops, society

Apr 27, 2022 (SPX)

By the year 2100, increases in heat waves, drought, and excessive rainfall combined will double the risk of climate-related failures of corn harvests in at leas...

Biden protects US forests but struggles on biggest climate goals

Apr 22, 2022 (AFP)

The Democrat has campaigned heavily for environmental protections and US leadership in the response to global warming, but regularly run up against lack of supp...

Small bees better at coping with warming, bumblebees struggle: study

Apr 20, 2022 (AFP)

Scientists in the United States trapped and studied more than 20,000 bees over eight years in an area of the Rocky Mountains to find out how different types of ...

Climate, big agriculture slashing insect populations 'by half'

Apr 20, 2022 (AFP)

The researchers measured both insect abundance and number of species in areas across the world and compared that to insects in more pristine habitats. The study...

Vertical farming will play a role in future food production

Apr 13, 2022 (SPX)

Crops are grown in spaces ranging in size from small boxes that can be placed in homes or offices to industrial production facilities with several thousand squa...

'Green cities' focus of largest Dutch garden expo

Apr 13, 2022 (AFP)

But critics have denounced the show, which features displays by 200 participants from 25 countries, as a "money pit" that has massively over-run its budget. The...

An uncertain future for livestock production in the tropics

Apr 07, 2022 (SPX)

The two studies investigated the impact of low and high climate change scenarios on livestock worldwide. The first, published in Global Change Biology, investig...

Colombian researchers seek safety for bees in urban jungle

Apr 05, 2022 (AFP)

Even though hives are banned from the city due to the risk the insects' stings can pose to humans, universities enjoy an exemption for research purposes. At the...

Boats for buffaloes: vets in Iraq's marshes take to water

Apr 04, 2022 (AFP)

But this boat has a difference; it is used by veterinarians as an animal ambulance to bring critical healthcare for livestock, and especially the water buffalo ...

French fruit, vineyards endure coldest April day in 75 years

Apr 04, 2022 (AFP)

Growers burned candles, sprayed water and used wind turbines in efforts to protect their crops as temperatures fell below the freezing point, with a record minu...

Fly less? Go vegan? How people can take climate action

Apr 04, 2022 (AFP)

Avoiding airplanes, eating less meat, insulating your home could all make a dent, particularly when broad swathes of societies embrace change, says the United N...

Stung by drought, Morocco's bees face disaster

Apr 03, 2022 (AFP)

Beekeeper Brahim Chatoui says he has lost almost a third of his hives in just two months -- and he is not alone. "At this time of year, this area would normally...

Shanghai prunes memes from lockdown veg shortage

Apr 01, 2022 (AFP)

Those navigating the city's thicket of Covid-19 restrictions to go shopping this week found long queues and empty shelves as panic-buying outpaced re-supply. Th...

Anti-GMO themes losing traction worldwide, suggests new scientific paper

Mar 30, 2022 (SPX)

The peer-reviewed study, published in the open-source academic journal GM Crops and Food, finds a significant drop in salience of the GMO issue between 2018 and...

France says 10 million birds culled in massive flu outbreak

Mar 23, 2022 (AFP)

The country has been hit by several epidemics since 2015 but they have mainly been contained to the southwest where ducks are bred for the lucrative foie gras l...

The scientists helping farmers kick the chemical habit

Mar 23, 2022 (AFP)

In fact, this whole area is part of scientific work to help farmers cut down on their use of pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilisers. "I felt that these...

Ukraine war rattles EU green farming plan

Mar 23, 2022 (AFP)

The European Commission is preparing to pass emergency measures on Wednesday to deal with the consequences of the war and sanctions on Russia, also a major expo...