WTO braces for battles on fisheries, agriculture in UAE talks
The world's trade ministers are set for tough negotiations on Tuesday at a WTO meeting in Abu Dhabi, with fisheries and agriculture taking centre stage.
The world's trade ministers are set for tough negotiations on Tuesday at a WTO meeting in Abu Dhabi, with fisheries and agriculture taking centre stage.
Environment
Feb 27, 2024
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In a week where national security has taken center stage in Washington, the White House confirmed on Thursday that it had evidence that Russia was developing a space-based nuclear anti satellite weapon.
Space Exploration
Feb 24, 2024
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Whiteflies, particularly the African cassava whitefly (Bemisia tabaci, SSA1-SG1), pose a significant threat to agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa by transmitting viruses that cause cassava brown streak disease ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 23, 2024
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A systematic analysis of 40 years of studies on public crop breeding programs found that cereal grains receive significantly more research attention than other crops important for food security, such as fruits and vegetables; ...
Other
Feb 22, 2024
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Over 29% of global irrecoverable carbon, which once gone is not likely to recover in any reasonable timeframe according to scientific literature, is stored in mountains. This biomass, representing irreplaceable ecosystems, ...
Ecology
Feb 22, 2024
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Despite the possibility of climate-smart agriculture improving food security, most CSA practices and technologies are not widely adopted in South Asia.
Agriculture
Feb 21, 2024
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Potassium deficiency in agricultural soils is a largely unrecognized but potentially significant threat to global food security if left unaddressed, finds new research involving researchers at UCL, University of Edinburgh ...
Ecology
Feb 19, 2024
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Barriers created by "fortress conservation"—as in the near-total sectioning off of land for conservation without human interference—are threatening important dietary diversity for the up to 1.5 billion people around the ...
Ecology
Feb 14, 2024
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The proliferation of technology for everyday living can be seen through ChatGPT writing term papers or robots serving meals at a restaurant.
Social Sciences
Feb 13, 2024
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Since the Green Revolution in the 1960s, intensive agricultural production practices have laid the foundation for food security. However, these measures are also accompanied by significant resource input and environmental ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 8, 2024
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