INTERNATIONAL AGRIC NEWS
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World needs tech — even GMO — to produce food, say advocates
The reason for this is the great strides made in food growing and production technology. However, despite the unprecedented tech-driven…
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UN to launch Hunger Report
On Wednesday May 27, the three Rome-based UN food agencies – will publish the 2015 edition of their annual The State of…
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Agriculture Ranching Threatening Global Rainforests
Almost 50 percent of the world’s rainforests have disappeared since the start of the 1970s, when the first scientific studies…
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Apec exec urges farmers to embrace technology to boost yield
BORACAY, Aklan – A senior Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) official said farmers should not shy away from science-based agriculture,…
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UAF scientists identify 10 new mango varieties
The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) scientists have identified 10 new indigenous mango varieties to increase production, fight diseases, and…
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World cereal production to decline by 1.5 percent by 2015
Early prospects point to a likely decline of 1.5 percent in global cereal production in 2015 from the previous year’s…
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Can China’s New Agricultural Strategies Boost Food and Nutrition Security?
PRESS RELEASE Beijing — China is a rising economic powerhouse that is simultaneously home to roughly 82.5 million impoverished people,…
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U.S. Agriculture Equipment Maker ‘Designing Products With Africa In Mind’
Are there enough tractors in Africa? The U.N. says lack of mechanization plays a role in the under-performance of African agriculture, and a…
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Tullow Rises After Border Ruling Lets Ghana Project Proceed
Tullow Oil Plc gained in London after a tribunal ruling on a maritime border dispute between Ghana and Ivory Coast…
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From farming in Africa to the Victorian Mallee
Victorian woman Jen Bond could never have imagined where her agricultural science degree would take her. Growing up in Ballarat…
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