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Eye of the swarm: experts take sting out of urban beekeeping
Aug 17, 2019 (AFP)
With populations in decline across the planet, environmentalists are especially worried about the fate of the honeybee, an insect that pollinates 70 out of the ...
Compost key to sequestering carbon in the soil
Aug 17, 2019 (SPX)
For their 19-year study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, scientists dug roughly 6 feet down to compare soil carbon changes in conventional, cove...
New way to relieve photosynthesis bottleneck in plants could boost crop yields
Aug 16, 2019 (UPI)
In lab tests, scientists found they could accelerate a plant's conversion of sunlight into food by encouraging the production of a protein that controls the rat...
Ancient pigs endured a complete genomic turnover after they arrived in Europe
Aug 15, 2019 (SPX)
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study shows how this has happened. Working with more than 100 collaborators, researchers from ...
California defies White House to ban controversial pesticide
Aug 14, 2019 (AFP)
The decision to ban chlorpyrifos in the agriculturally rich state follows "mounting evidence" of serious health effects for exposed children and other vulnerabl...
American farmers struggle to stay afloat amid floods and trade war
Aug 14, 2019 (AFP)
The situation worsened last week when Beijing halted purchases of US farm crops in retaliation for Trump's vow to put tariffs on Chinese imports. It's "a body b...
The 'gift' of Tunisia's delicate date palm drink
Aug 13, 2019 (AFP)
At 7:00 am, at the busy Ain Slam roundabout in the centre of the coastal city of Gabes, bicycles, cars and military vehicles are clustered around three men seat...
Study details links between coca, conflict, deforestation in Colombia
Aug 13, 2019 (UPI)
When an international team of researchers analyzed deforestation patterns in Colombia using satellite images, they found trees were more likely to be felled in ...
Growing pains for pot industry in famed California wine region
Aug 11, 2019 (AFP)
The battle, which began shaping up after California voters legalized recreational marijuana in November 2016, has pitted wine growers in Santa Barbara County an...
Can we eat meat and still tame global warming?
Aug 09, 2019 (AFP)
That's the ambiguous and -- for many on either side of this meaty issue -- unsatisfying conclusion of the most comprehensive report ever compiled on the link be...
Indonesia threatens tariff hike on EU dairy in trade spat
Aug 09, 2019 (AFP)
The warning could escalate a trade dispute with the European Union after Indonesia -- the world's top palm oil producer -- hit out at the bloc's plan to cut its...
Poop less for a cleaner planet, says Brazil's president
Aug 09, 2019 (AFP)
The far-right leader offered this idea in response to a journalist's question as to whether it was possible to simultaneously spur economic growth, feed the wor...
Installing solar panels on agricultural lands maximizes their efficiency
Aug 09, 2019 (SPX)
The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, finds that if less than 1% of agricultural land was converted to solar panels, it would be sufficient to...
Land and climate: problems, solutions inextricably linked
Aug 08, 2019 (AFP)
Here are some key takeaways: - Sucking Earth dry - The report was compiled by more than 100 climate and land use scientists, drawing on thousands of data sets. ...
Common bee disease spread through flowers
Aug 07, 2019 (UPI)
The pathogen Nosema ceranae, a small, unicellular parasite, is the most common disease among managed honeybees, affecting both the Asiatic and European honeybee...
Brazil's agricultural minister defends record pesticide approvals
Aug 06, 2019 (AFP)
The remarks by Tereza Cristina, who is close to the country's powerful agribusiness industry, come as Brazil faces growing criticism over deforestation in the A...
'Like a miracle': Poo powering Kenya's modern farmers
Aug 06, 2019 (AFP)
Same too goes for the banana and avocado trees swaying on his two-acre (0.8 hectare) family farm in Kiambu. The plot is also lush with kale, spinach, maize and ...
Agriculture's secret weapon: empowering women
Aug 06, 2019 (AFP)
Although they make up more than half the agricultural labour force in developing nations, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), women farmer...
Ecological land grab: food vs fuel vs forests
Aug 05, 2019 (AFP)
Coping with each of these problems will require a different way of using of Earth's lands, and as experts crunch the numbers it is becoming unnervingly clear th...
EU agriculture not viable for the future
Aug 05, 2019 (SPX)
Agricultural areas cover 174 million hectares, or 40 percent of the EU area (over 50 percent in Germany). Land use intensification, primarily by agriculture, is...
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