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'Extremely low' wine production this year: trade body

Nov 04, 2021 (AFP)

The Paris-based industry body said that world wine production volume is expected to come in at around 250 million hectalitres, a drop of four percent from last ...

Spain unveils plan for revival of crisis-hit lagoon

Nov 04, 2021 (AFP)

The plan would curb some harmful agricultural practices blamed for pushing the lagoon in southeastern Spain to what ecologists have described as "the brink of e...

Israeli, Palestinian olive growers face same climate challenge

Nov 03, 2021 (AFP)

Like many farmers across the occupied West Bank, Gaza Strip and Israel, she blames climate change for impacting the iconic gnarled trees that have shaped the Ho...

Global climate change impact on crops expected within 10 years

Nov 02, 2021 (SPX)

Using advanced climate and agricultural models, scientists found that the change in yields is due to projected increases in temperature, shifts in rainfall patt...

Leaders commit to 30% methane cut at climate summit

Nov 02, 2021 (AFP)

The initiative, which experts say could have a powerful short-term impact on global heating, followed an announcement earlier Tuesday at the COP26 climate summi...

Origins of modern wheat may provide clues to making it stronger

Nov 01, 2021 (UPI)

After sequencing the DNA from 242 unique accessions of Aegilops tauschii, a wild relative of bread wheat, collected from areas of Turkey and Central Asia, the k...

No tilling, no chemicals in S.African farmer's revolution

Oct 28, 2021 (AFP)

Freshly-turned earth stretches for miles on other farms as his neighbours prepare their fields. "I'm still playing golf," said 37-year-old Bester. He might soun...

Climate change aggravating Central Mali crisis: ICRC

Oct 28, 2021 (AFP)

Robert Mardini, the director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, ended a three-day trip to the Sahel state on Wednesday, which included a v...

Orkney's seaweed-eating sheep offer hopes of greener farming

Oct 27, 2021 (AFP)

Around 60 people share North Ronaldsay -- an island just over 3 miles (5 kilometres) long, ringed by rocky beaches and turquoise waters off the north coast of m...

Spread it round: five things to know about Nutella and rivals

Oct 27, 2021 (AFP)

People have fought to buy their favourite spread cheaply, while in Turkey hazelnut farmers complain of exploitation and meagre pay. Here are five things to know...

Gas giants: Can we stop cows from emitting so much methane?

Oct 27, 2021 (AFP)

But don't be fooled -- it is emitting methane, a particularly potent greenhouse gas contributing to runaway global climate change. Agriculture is responsible fo...

Kiwi boffins aim to clear the air on livestock emissions

Oct 27, 2021 (AFP)

Cattle and sheep are kept in perspex pens for two days per session as scientists carefully analyse every burp and fart that emerges from them at the New Zealand...

Finnish scientists create 'sustainable' lab-grown coffee

Oct 27, 2021 (AFP)

"It's really coffee, because there is nothing else than coffee material in the product," Heiko Rischer tells AFP, pointing to a dish of light brown powder. His ...

Climate change to force crop switch for small farmers: experts

Oct 27, 2021 (AFP)

In a report issued ahead of the UN climate conference opening in Glasgow on Sunday, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) sounded the alarm...

Algae-feed research for US dairy recieves $10M funding boost

Oct 26, 2021 (SPX)

As the Earth warms and its population grows, pressure is mounting to optimize our food production and decrease its impact on the planet. Milk production in the ...

Climate change now worse than war for Afghan farmers

Oct 25, 2021 (AFP)

As the world watched the Taliban wage a stunning offensive that ended in the rapid collapse of the country's western-backed government, a longer-term crisis was...

Archaeologists in Iraq find ancient wine press, carvings

Oct 24, 2021 (AFP)

The stone bas-reliefs, showing kings praying to the gods, were cut into the walls of a nearly nine-kilometre-long (5.5-mile) irrigation canal at Faida in northe...

Sri Lanka bans contaminated Chinese fertiliser

Oct 24, 2021 (AFP)

The action comes as Sri Lanka battles food shortages caused by a currency crisis while farmers have said a government ban on chemical fertiliser could ruin thei...

EU lawmakers back plan for sustainable farming

Oct 20, 2021 (AFP)

A majority of 452 legislators gave the thumbs up to a report on the EU executive's "farm to fork" strategy in the face of intense lobbying from agricultural gro...

Lord of the plants: death metal eco-baron rewilds Irish estate

Oct 17, 2021 (AFP)

In the distance, a russet-coloured stag appears for a moment, before dissolving into the 750 acres (300 hectares) of ancestral estate Plunkett has surrendered t...