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Taiwan imposes new restrictions on Japan food imports
May 15, 2015 (AFP)
Taiwan Friday imposed new restrictions on food imported from Japan after hundreds of products were recalled over fake labels that disguised they came from areas...
Gene required for plant growth at warmer temperatures discovered
May 14, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers have discovered a new gene that enables plants to regulate their growth in different temperatures. Published in PLoS Genetics, the finding could lea...
Soil security and the threat to soil productivity
May 13, 2015 (SPX)
A group of leading soil scientists, including the University of Delaware's Donald L. Sparks, has summarized the precarious state of the world's soil resources a...
Low-allergen soybean could have high impact
May 11, 2015 (SPX)
In the United States, nearly 15 million people and 1 in 13 children suffer from food allergy. In Arizona alone, every classroom contains at least two children w...
Human security at risk as depletion of soil accelerates, scientists warn
May 11, 2015 (SPX)
Steadily and alarmingly, humans have been depleting Earth's soil resources faster than the nutrients can be replenished. If this trajectory does not change, soi...
Fungi enhances crop roots and could be a future 'bio-fertilizer'
May 09, 2015 (SPX)
New research has found that the interaction of roots with a common soil fungus changes the genetic expression of rice crops - triggering additional root growth ...
Startup turns old shipping containers into farms
May 07, 2015 (AFP)
The food tech startup Freight Farms is giving new life to old shipping containers, and at the same time giving impetus to locally grown food. At the Collision t...
Simulating seasons
May 06, 2015 (SPX)
Malawi, a small landlocked country in southeast Africa, is home to 13 million people and is one of the least-developed countries in the world. As a nation that ...
Norway plans to slash subsidies to fur farms
May 05, 2015 (AFP)
Norwegian fur farmers denounced Tuesday a government proposal to slash financial support to the controversial industry and warned that it could lead to farm clo...
Organic farming techniques can make agriculture a carbon sink
May 05, 2015 (SPX)
Approximately 35% of global greenhouse gases (GHGs) come from agriculture. Some argues that human can reverse global worming by sequestering several hundred bil...
Pesticides alter bees' brains
May 05, 2015 (SPX)
In research report published in the May 2015 issue of The FASEB Journal, scientists report that a particular class of pesticides called "neonicotinoids" wreaks ...
Silicon: An important element in rice production
May 01, 2015 (SPX)
Silicon (Si) is the second most abundant element of the earth`s crust after oxygen. It has long been neglected by ecologists, as it is not considered an essenti...
McDonald's supplier gets Beijing's biggest pollution fine: Xinhua
Apr 30, 2015 (AFP)
A McDonald's joint venture in China supplying its outlets with French fries has been slapped with a record 3.9 million yuan ($630,000) fine for water pollution,...
Could smell hold the key to ending pesticide use
Apr 30, 2015 (SPX)
UK scientists may have uncovered a natural way of avoiding the use of pesticides and help save plants from attack by recreating a natural insect repellent. Scie...
Bumblebee genomes create a buzz in the field of pollination
Apr 30, 2015 (SPX)
Bees play a key role in our ecosystem and in the world's food supply. Thanks to a large collaborative effort, the genomes of two important pollinating bumblebee...
Dutch saltwater potatoes offer hope for world's hungry
Apr 29, 2015 (AFP)
A small field on an island off the Netherlands' northern coast promises one answer to the problem of how to feed the world's ever-growing population: potatoes a...
The appeal of being anti-GMO
Apr 28, 2015 (SPX)
A team of Belgian philosophers and plant biotechnologists have turned to cognitive science to explain why opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) ha...
US says new EU plan for GMO imports is no solution
Apr 24, 2015 (AFP)
The United States criticized Friday the new European Union plan to allow member states to block genetically modified imports, following a new round of talks on ...
Ability to identify 'killer' bees a boon to the honeybee industry
Apr 24, 2015 (SPX)
A genetic test that can prevent the entry of 'killer' bees into Australia and their spread around the world has been created by researchers at the University of...
Genetic test will improve biosecurity of honey bees
Apr 23, 2015 (SPX)
A genetic test that can prevent 'killer' bees from spreading around the world has been created in a research effort led by University of Sydney scholars jointly...
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