A world without bees? Don't even consider it! Of course we would miss the products of the hive, such as honey, pollen and beeswax. But most of all, these super-pollinators are essential to agriculture. In terms of tonnage, ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2014
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Twenty condors were apparently poisoned with insecticide that has already killed two of the giant birds in the Chilean Andes cordillera, a veterinarian said Monday.
Ecology
Aug 12, 2013
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We live in a human-dominated world. For many of our fellow creatures, this means a fragmented world, as human conduits to friends, family, and resources sever corridors that link the natural world. Our expanding web of highways, ...
Ecology
Oct 18, 2012
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The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, famed for seeking "happiness" for its citizens, is aiming to become the first nation in the world to turn its home-grown food and farmers 100 percent organic.
Environment
Oct 3, 2012
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The 'Silt Farming Project' was started on Texel, one of the Dutch Wadden islands, in 2010. A project for investigating the chances of cropping on silt soils. Objective of this project is to find salt-resistant crops and to ...
Biotechnology
Sep 14, 2012
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Scientists based in Nigeria and Kenya have begun a major push against parasitic weeds that have spread across much of sub-Saharan Africa, causing up to US$1.2 billion in damage every year to the maize and cowpea crops of ...
Other
May 31, 2011
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A team from the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development (Neiker-Tecnalia, Spain) has questioned the generally held belief that the quality of tomatoes depends primarily on their exposure to natural light ...
Other
Mar 25, 2010
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