“Arid aquaculture” using ponds filled with salty, undrinkable water for fish production is one of several options experts have proven to be an effective…
The increasing popularity of reduced tillage on crops has not only been an important development in combating soil erosion, but it has also been associated…
“A common belief is that local native plants are the best source of seed for revegetation projects,” says Dr Linda Broadhurst from CSIRO, Australia’s national…
In 2003, the PAC reform set up a new system for allocating subsidies provided to farmers. The measures adopted are based on the respect of environmental…
The July 2006 increase in the price of electricity repurchase has given a boost to biogas production through methanization. This will delight farmers in…
Nutrigenomics is a discipline that investigates the correlation between nutrients and the human genome. This area of science can contribute to public health…
But while U.S. Department of Agriculture figures show consumption of fresh peppers at an all-time high, only a fraction of these are grown domestically. Currently more than 70 percent of all fresh peppers consumed in the U.S. are imported from Mexico, and another 18 percent are imported from Canada, according to USDA data. …
The discovery, which was made by comparing the impact of inactivating a gene that occurs in both corn and in the much-studied laboratory plant Arabidopsis,…
In recent years, the whole genome sequencing projects of the human species and several other species have produced large amounts of raw sequence data. This…
Dr Lisa Jack, from the Essex Business School, is looking at whether participants in the food supply chain, from farmers to retailers, could adopt target cost…
An automated wireless precision monitoring system that uses sensors to check soil moisture, air temperature and humidity is being commercialised by Italian…
Pepper harvests produce a considerable amount of waste and efforts are taken at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak to turn this waste into pellets and have their…
Although controlled amounts of organic residues, sewage sludge and animal waste are a good choice for soil fertilisation, they can have damaging effects on…
This important step in plant modification can be highly beneficial for improving crop yields and efficiency in the agricultural sector. This research was…
This gives the olive processing industry an opportunity to make valuable use of 4 million tonnes of waste in olive stones it generates every year and sets a…
The project is part of an initiative to provide rural communities with sources of income generated from sustainable collection of non-timber forest products in…
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