FARM NEWS - BIOTECHNOLOGY DAILY

Apr 24, 2016 (AFP)

Burkina Faso, Africa's top cotton producer and the sole West African nation to venture into biotech farming, is dropping genetically-modified (GM) cotton on qua...

The P tax cometh

Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)

From the Amazon to Africa, tropical regions are widely expected to play a growing role in supplying food to the world. With global population on the rise, many ...

Could global warming's top culprit help crops?

Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)

Many scientists fear that global warming will hit staple food crops hard, with heat stress, extreme weather events and water shortages. On the other hand, highe...

Phosphorus tax could be huge if tropical farming intensifies

Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)

One way to feed the globe's growing population is to ramp up intensive farming in tropical regions, but doing so will require a lot of fertilizer - particularly...

A cellular sensor of phosphate levels

Apr 20, 2016 (SPX)

Inorganic phosphate is an essential building block of cell membranes, DNA and proteins. It is also a main component of ATP, the "cell currency" of energy transf...

Australia's biggest cattle firm says China-led bid preferred

Apr 19, 2016 (AFP)

Australian cattle firm S. Kidman and Co. Tuesday said a Chinese-led consortium was the preferred buyer of most of its stations, with an offer worth Aus$370.7 mi...

China wields increasing power in world wine market: study

Apr 18, 2016 (AFP)

The global wine market grew almost 11 percent last year as China not only drank more wine but also produced more, the International Organisation of Vine and Win...

Spreading seeds by human migration

Apr 15, 2016 (SPX)

Using DNA collected from corn grown by immigrant farmers in Los Angeles and Riverside, researchers at the University of California, Riverside have found the gen...

New technology could improve insect control in cotton

Apr 15, 2016 (SPX)

A new biotech trait currently in the development stage could provide improved control of thrips and plant bugs in cotton, according to researchers with the Univ...

Rising CO2 levels reduce protein in crucial pollen source for bees

Apr 15, 2016 (SPX)

Rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide have reduced protein in goldenrod pollen, a key late-season food source for North American bees, a Purdue University...

Alibaba to invest $1.25 bn in China food delivery firm

Apr 14, 2016 (AFP)

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and an affiliate part-owned by its founder Jack Ma will invest a total of $1.25 billion in an online food delivery firm, the co...

China to 'facilitate' new GM crops after years of waiting

Apr 14, 2016 (AFP)

China will "facilitate" the planting of genetically modified corn and other plants on an industrial scale in the next five years, officials said, after not auth...

EU parliament urges limited approval for weedkiller

Apr 13, 2016 (AFP)

European Parliament on Wednesday urged the EU to approve the weedkiller glyphosate for seven years and not 15 as requested by the bloc's top regulator amid fear...

Growth of GM crops slows for first time in 20 years

Apr 13, 2016 (AFP)

The growth of genetically-modified crops has dipped for the first time following two decades of steady increases, according to a study released Wednesday. Twent...

AccorHotels to plant gardens, cut food waste

Apr 12, 2016 (AFP)

AccorHotels said Tuesday it would plant vegetable gardens at many of its hotels and aims to cut food waste by 30 percent as it improves the environmental sustai...

Fertilizer's legacy: Taking a toll on land and water

Apr 12, 2016 (SPX)

The world's total human population has jumped to over 7.4 billion just this year. Feeding the human species takes a tremendous toll on our natural resources inc...

Changing monsoons contribute to lower tea yield in Chinese provinces

Apr 12, 2016 (SPX)

Longer monsoon seasons with increased daily rainfall, aspects of climate change, are contributing to reduced tea yield in regions of China, with implications fo...

Pinpointing the effects of fertilizer

Apr 12, 2016 (SPX)

Plant biologists at the University of Illinois and Michigan State University have pinpointed the area of genomes within nitrogen-fixing bacteria in roots, calle...

'Climate-smart soils' may help balance the carbon budget

Apr 08, 2016 (SPX)

Here's the scientific dirt: Soil can help reduce global warming. While farm soil grows the world's food and fiber, scientists are examining ways to use it to se...

Earth's soils could play key role in locking away greenhouse gases

Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)

The world's soils could store an extra 8 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases, helping to limit the impacts of climate change, research suggests. Adopting the lat...