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Iraq's date palms: rescuing a national icon
Jul 17, 2022 (AFP)
Iraq's prized trees are central to a push aimed to preserve a long-threatened ancestral culture, whose fruit historically presented prosperity across the Arab w...
Desert-grown superfood puts 'healthy' burgers on UAE menus
Jul 13, 2022 (AFP)
Salicornia, a succulent, is already being used as a salt replacement in burger patties -- a rare farming success in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, which imp...
Russia and Ukraine address grain crisis in first talks since March
Jul 13, 2022 (AFP)
The high-stakes meeting involving UN and Turkish officials in Istanbul came with Russia and Ukraine locked in a furious long-range shooting battle that is destr...
AIR and Nigerian Space Agency sign MOU to collaborate on agriculture monitoring
Jul 11, 2022 (SPX)
The objective of the MOU is to provide the framework for future partnership and collaborations between AIR and NARSDA, aiming to promote the application of spac...
Pakistan's prized mango harvest hit by water scarcity
Jul 11, 2022 (AFP)
The arrival of mango season in Pakistan is eagerly anticipated, with around two dozen varieties arriving through the hot, humid summers. This year, however, tem...
DataFarming bringing Pixxel's hyperspectral imaging to Australian farmers
Jul 10, 2022 (SPX)
Pixxel's constellation of hyperspectral satellites have the potential to make agriculture more efficient, sustainable, and automated. The images from Pixxel's g...
Billions of people rely on wild species for food, fuel, income: UN
Jul 08, 2022 (AFP)
From fishing and logging to the use of wild plants in medicines and perfumes, societies across the planet use species that have not been tamed or cultivated, wi...
Russia occupies 22% of Ukraine farmland: NASA
Jul 07, 2022 (AFP)
Satellite data analyzed by scientists at the US space agency shows that Russia's occupation of eastern and southern Ukraine gives it control of land that produc...
Amazon, Just Eat deal to offer free Grubhub delivery in US
Jul 06, 2022 (AFP)
Prime members will have access to hundreds of thousands of restaurants on Grubhub, the American affiliate of Anglo-Dutch company Just Eat Takeaway. The deal sho...
Ploughing and tilling soil on slopes is jeopardizing future farm yields
Jul 06, 2022 (SPX)
Scientists behind the study, from Lancaster (UK) and Augsburg (Germany) Universities, argue that unless farmers stop tilling hill slopes, over the long-term the...
Wildfire threatens major Greek olive grove
Jul 05, 2022 (AFP)
The wildfire approaching the Amfissa olive grove has already destroyed 300 hectares (740 acres) of farmland and 900 hectares of brush, fire service spokesman Ya...
China mulls dipping into pork reserves to rein in costs
Jul 05, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing's top economic planner was forced to respond after pork prices in the country spiked, with regulators blaming suppliers for "blindly holding supplies" a...
Developers let Chinese farmers pay for homes with watermelons
Jul 03, 2022 (AFP)
China's housing market has been hit by a slowing economy and debt crisis precipitated by a government ban on builders taking deposits before construction begins...
Aquaculture drives aquatic food yields to new high
Jun 29, 2022 (AFP)
Driven by sustained growth in aquaculture, global fisheries and aquatic farming together hauled in 214 million tonnes, the UN agency said in a report. The total...
Australian bee 'vampire' spreads despite lockdown
Jun 29, 2022 (AFP)
600 hives have been destroyed since the "Varroa destructor" mite was detected, with each containing anywhere between 10,000 and 30,000 bees, New South Wales agr...
Putin guarantees supply of fertilizers to Brazil
Jun 27, 2022 (AFP)
Speaking in Brasilia, Bolsonaro said the two leaders had discussed by telephone "food security" and "energy insecurity," without giving more details. In its own...
Lockdown for Australian bees as pest detected near port
Jun 27, 2022 (AFP)
The Varroa Mite was detected at the Port of Newcastle, prompting authorities in New South Wales to throw up a strict biosecurity zone. Australia is said to be t...
A new light in rice flowering
Jun 24, 2022 (SPX)
The circadian clock - present in most living beings - is the internal mechanism that allows the organism to anticipate daily environmental changes, assuring pro...
Ministers gather for food security conference in Berlin
Jun 24, 2022 (AFP)
Representatives from 40 countries, including the hardest-hit nations like Nigeria, Tunisia and Indonesia, will attend the meeting under the title "Uniting for G...
Using firefly genes to understand cannabis biology
Jun 23, 2022 (SPX)
One of the best-known cannabinoids is cannabidiolic acid (CBD), which is used to treat pain, inflammation, nausea and more. Cannabinoids are produced by trichom...
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