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700-year-old West African soil technique could help mitigate climate change
Jun 21, 2016 (SPX)
A farming technique practised for centuries by villagers in West Africa, which converts nutrient-poor rainforest soil into fertile farmland, could be the answer...
Improving poor soil with burned up biomass
Jun 21, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science in Japan have shown that torrefied biomass can improve the quality of poor soil found in arid r...
Neolithic paddy soil reveals the impacts of agriculture on microbial diversity
Jun 17, 2016 (SPX)
Modern intensive agriculture has generally led to the decline in farmland biodiversity, such as plants and animals. However, information on the impacts of human...
Ancient West African soil technique could mitigate climate change
Jun 16, 2016 (UPI)
An ancient soil-enrichment strategy practiced by West African farmers could boost agricultural yields across the continent and help farmers mitigate the negativ...
Australian cattle 'sledgehammered' in Vietnam abattoirs
Jun 16, 2016 (AFP)
Vietnamese abattoir workers have been filmed using sledgehammers to bludgeon Australian cattle, activists said Thursday, prompting some exporters to stop supply...
EU closes in on hormone-disrupting chemicals
Jun 15, 2016 (AFP)
The European Union set broad criteria Wednesday for identifying potentially harmful chemicals which can interfere with the normal functioning of human hormones ...
Sunflower pollen protects bees from parasites
Jun 14, 2016 (UPI)
Sunflower pollen specialization has evolved multiple times among bee species, which is odd, because studies show bees fed an all sunflower pollen diet exhibited...
Supporting pollinators could have big payoff for Texas cotton farmers
Jun 13, 2016 (SPX)
According to a new study by The University of Texas at Austin, increasing the diversity of pollinator species, including bees, flies and butterflies, can dramat...
An eco-friendly approach to reducing toxic arsenic in rice
Jun 10, 2016 (SPX)
A team of researchers at the University of Delaware has found that incorporating rice husk to soil can decrease toxic inorganic arsenic levels in rice grain by ...
Climate change will affect farmers' bottom line
Jun 09, 2016 (SPX)
Over the next 70 to 100 years, our climate is projected to change dramatically, with major impacts on a wide variety of economic sectors. But the sector that is...
Dartmouth team makes breakthrough toward fish-free aquaculture feed
Jun 08, 2016 (SPX)
Dartmouth College scientists have discovered that marine microalgae can completely replace the wild fish oil currently used to feed tilapia, the second most far...
Study links irrigation to inaccurate climate perception
Jun 06, 2016 (SPX)
It's the height of irony. Irrigation systems designed to buffer farmers from the effects of a warming planet may be causing them to think their local area is co...
EU proposes temporary approval of weedkiller glyphosate
Jun 01, 2016 (AFP)
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed to extend approval of weedkiller glyphosate in Europe for between 12 and 18 months amid disagreements that the che...
Ecologists advise an increase in prescribed grassland burning to maintain ecosystem
Jun 01, 2016 (SPX)
Kansas State University researchers have found a three-year absence of fire is the tipping point for the tallgrass prairie ecosystem and advise an increase in b...
Honeybees pick up pesticides from non-crop plants, too
May 31, 2016 (UPI)
Honeybees acquire pesticides as they collect pollen from non-crop plants, a new study finds. Even honeybees that live in agricultural regions get most of their ...
Critical factors that determine drought vulnerability of wheat, maize
May 30, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers led by Lixin Wang, assistant professor of earth sciences in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, have identif...
In high-rise Hong Kong, fine wines lurk in British war bunker
May 29, 2016 (AFP)
In high-rise, high-priced Hong Kong, even millionaires don't always have room to store their fine wine collection at home, but a converted British war bunker of...
Bayer CEO invites environmental groups to discuss Monsanto bid
May 29, 2016 (AFP)
Bayer's chief executive said in an interview published Sunday he is ready to meet environmental groups to address concerns about his group's plans to take over ...
Study: Farm-raised salmon suffer from depression
May 25, 2016 (UPI)
Every salmon farm features "drop outs," growth-stunted fish that float lifelessly at the surface of the pond. New research suggests these fish are severely depr...
A peachy defense system for seeds
May 24, 2016 (SPX)
Don't eat the core, it's poisonous: it's something parents often say to their children before they eat their first peach. Peach pits, which are hidden inside th...
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