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Scientists and farmers work together to wipe out African lovegrass

Sep 25, 2017 (SPX)

What they discovered is that local knowledge is the key to a successful management approach. The results of a research project by Associate Professor Jennifer F...

Syngenta chief calls for debate on 'sustainable agriculture'

Sep 21, 2017 (AFP)

"We have a lot of discussions about specific products. I think it's really important to step back and have a real discussion with the government, and with NGOs ...

Food labeling pact aims to cut food waste

Sep 20, 2017 (AFP)

Large global companies, including Wal-Mart Stores, Tesco, Kellogg, Nestle, Carrefour and Unilever, supported a "call to action" sponsored by the Consumer Goods ...

At Dubai expo, Chinese firms look to tap lucrative halal market

Sep 19, 2017 (AFP)

"This is dry beef, beef snacks," said Dai, general manager of Anhui Central Asia Food Co., one of eight Chinese firms from Anhui Province displaying products at...

Research finds roots use chemical 'photos' to coordinate growth

Sep 15, 2017 (SPX)

Roots compete for and share resources with neighboring roots, as well as with billions of microbes. Until now, however, little has been known about how plants c...

Climate change threatens Latin America coffee producers

Sep 12, 2017 (AFP)

The study suggests high quality coffees are most at risk -- with Arabica coffee unable to withstand even slight fluctuations in temperature, humidity and sunlig...

EU chamber urges China to lift cheese ban

Sep 11, 2017 (AFP)

"European cheese has been imported into China for decades without any safety issues resulting," the chamber said in a statement. Chinese customs officials have ...

Latvia tweets no room for mushroom hunters on army base

Sep 10, 2017 (AFP)

"Mushroomers! Intensive military exercises with live ammunition are taking place in the Adazi military zone," tweeted Latvia's National Armed Forces (NBS), refe...

Foodies cheesed off as China says 'non' to France's finest

Sep 08, 2017 (AFP)

"We haven't been able to get our orders through customs for three weeks," Vincent Marion, co-founder of Cheese Republic, one of China's leading online cheesemon...

Parched Jordan starts growing vegetables in

Sep 07, 2017 (AFP)

King Abdullah II and Norway's Crown Prince Haakon attended a ceremony to mark the official opening of the "Sahara Forest Project" near the southern port city of...

Scientists developed 'smart fertilizer'

Sep 07, 2017 (SPX)

For example, nitrogen is one of the elements, which is often lacking for the growth and development of plants. Plant-available nitrogen in the soil is usually s...

prices jump as Irma approaches Florida

Sep 05, 2017 (AFP)

Irma has become a "potentially catastrophic" Category Five hurricane, the most ferocious category of storm, the National Hurricane Center said. Its likely path ...

Getting well-oiled: booze in the age of the robo-barman

Sep 04, 2017 (AFP)

But then he doesn't have the twinkle in his eye of a fictional Hollywood bartender -- or any eyes at all, for that matter -- because Tipsy is a robot. He won't ...

Mooncakes from heaven: Hong Kong's sweet obsession

Sep 04, 2017 (AFP)

Bakeries and supermarkets are already packed with boxes of the dense pastries, traditionally filled with a heavy sweet concoction of lotus seed and egg yolks. B...

China blocks US request for WTO arbitration in grain dispute

Aug 31, 2017 (AFP)

Washington first brought the case to the world trade body last December, complaining that China has violated its commitments by limiting imports of American ric...

Leaf sensors can tell farmers when crops need to be watered

Aug 31, 2017 (SPX)

Continuously monitoring plant "water stress" is particularly critical in arid regions and traditionally has been done by measuring soil moisture content or deve...

Soybean rust develops 'rolling' epidemics as spores travel north

Aug 31, 2017 (SPX)

Research shows there is a possibility the disease could jump much longer distances and reach the Midwestern soybean crop earlier in the growing season. Studies ...

Drought response in global crops may be as complex as day and night

Aug 30, 2017 (SPX)

The research, appearing in the journal eLife, focuses on the plant's response early in the drought stage. By assessing change under less severe conditions, rese...

Lasers zap decontaminates from soil

Aug 30, 2017 (SPX)

"Other methods are either costly, labor intensive, have low efficiency, or take a long time," said Ming Su, an associate professor of chemical engineer at North...

To detoxify soil, just shoot lasers at it, study says

Aug 29, 2017 (UPI)

Oil spills and other contaminant-releasing catastrophes are often thought of as water-based, but soils can also become tainted by harmful chemicals. Most Superf...