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Human urine shows potential as eco-friendly fertilizer for crops

Sep 25, 2024 (SPX)

The research demonstrated that applying stored urine, even in high doses, had little effect on the composition of soil bacteria, soil pH, and salinity levels. H...

Environmental impacts of genetically modified crops need more study

Sep 25, 2024 (SPX)

New research published in 'Science' on August 30, 2024, explores common genetic modifications in four major crops: soybean, corn, cotton, and canola. While GM c...

Thai farm culls 125 crocodiles as floodwaters rise

Sep 25, 2024 (AFP)

Heavy monsoon rains swept across northern Thailand this month, triggering floods and landslides that have killed more than 20 people. Days of heavy rain in the ...

Tokyo says Taiwan eases import restrictions on Japanese food

Sep 25, 2024 (AFP)

The move comes after Beijing announced last week it would "gradually resume" importing seafood from Japan after imposing a blanket ban last year over the releas...

Beijing 'regrets' EU's WTO challenge against Chinese dairy probe

Sep 23, 2024 (AFP)

Earlier the EU launched a consultation request at the World Trade Organization over the Chinese investigation, which covers a range of items including cheeses a...

Angry French cognac makers see red over Chinese tariffs threat

Sep 22, 2024 (AFP)

Some 800 protestors riding on tractors and carrying signs gathered in France's southwestern town of Cognac this week demanding a delay to an upcoming European U...

Kimchi threat as heatwave drives up South Korea cabbage prices

Sep 20, 2024 (AFP)

The price of a single cabbage hit 9,337 won (US$ 7.02) on Thursday -- up 69.1 percent from the same day a year ago, according to data released by the state-run ...

Sustainable mulch films aim to boost agriculture and reduce plastic waste

Sep 20, 2024 (SPX)

Jonas Baltrusaitis, an associate professor at Lehigh University's Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is leading a project focused on developin...

China to tax Taiwanese agricultural imports

Sep 18, 2024 (AFP)

From September 25, 34 Taiwanese agricultural products, including fresh fruit, vegetables and aquatic products, will be subject to customs duties, state broadcas...

Report links meatpacking companies to 'war on nature' in Brazil

Sep 17, 2024 (AFP)

The farmers used 2,4-D -- a herbicide found in "Agent Orange," infamously used in the Vietnam War -- to clear 81,200 hectares of the Pantanal wetland, a UNESCO ...

Vietnam farmers lose their blooms as floods claim crops

Sep 13, 2024 (AFP)

More than 250,000 hectares of crops, including rice, vegetables and fruit trees, have been destroyed across typhoon-hit northern Vietnam. Some of the steepest l...

Deadly floods bring relief to Moroccan farmers

Sep 13, 2024 (AFP)

The torrential rains at the weekend triggered floods that killed at least 18 people in areas of southern Morocco that straddle the Sahara desert. While the rain...

'Historic': Bad weather slashes wine harvest in France's Jura

Sep 12, 2024 (AFP)

The Jura, nestled between the famous Burgundy wine region and Switzerland, is one of France's oldest wine-growing areas, featuring some 200 vineyards spread ove...

Russian missile hit wheat cargo ship in Black Sea: Zelensky

Sep 12, 2024 (AFP)

The Black Sea is a crucial trading route for Ukraine, one of the world's largest agricultural producers and exporters, but was turned into a naval battleground ...

AI-driven systems can cut energy usage in indoor farming by 25%, Cornell study shows

Sep 11, 2024 (SPX)

As the world population is projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, according to the United Nations, researchers highlight the need for improvements in food prod...

Peaches from Japan's Fukushima region sold at Harrods

Sep 10, 2024 (AFP)

A box of three large, juicy white peaches costs 80 pounds ($100) -- the first time the fruit is available at a shop in Europe, after sales at temporary events. ...

'We are starving': Malawi villagers cook toxic yams to survive drought

Sep 09, 2024 (AFP)

"Our situation is very dire; we are starving," said 76-year-old grandmother Manesi Levison as she watched over a pot of bitter, orange wild yams that she says m...

Iraqi date farmers fight drought to protect national treasure

Sep 06, 2024 (AFP)

In Iraq, the date palm and its bounty are national icons, but they are being battered by drought. Once known as the country of "30 million palm trees", Iraq's a...

US bat decline triggered pesticide surge, 1,300 baby deaths: study

Sep 05, 2024 (AFP)

The paper, published in Science, provides concrete evidence supporting predictions that global biodiversity decline will have severe consequences for humans. "E...

Andean 'Viagra': Peru seizes hundreds of frogs used as aphrodisiacs

Sep 05, 2024 (AFP)

The national forestry and wildlife service said it found 390 frogs in a cardboard box inside a truck in the Puno region on the shores of the huge lake, which li...