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Erdogan still seeking to persuade Putin over Ukraine grain deal

Jul 21, 2023 (AFP)

"I think we will be able to ensure the continuation (of the humanitarian corridor) by talking in detail with Mr Putin," Erdogan told media, according to state n...

Chinese ghost town of mansions reclaimed by farmers

Jul 20, 2023 (AFP)

Property giant Greenland Group broke ground on the development nestled in the hills around Shenyang, an industrial city of 9 million, in 2010 -- when the real e...

As climate changes, farms in US 'Peach State' Georgia suffer

Jul 16, 2023 (AFP)

But Georgia farmer Stuart Gregg searched in vain among the branches, unable to find a single piece of fruit. "We have no harvest this year," he said. Gregg's pr...

Iraq honey production at the mercy of heat and drought

Jul 16, 2023 (AFP)

Beekeeper Mohamed Aliawi knows it all too well as he checks on dozens of hive boxes placed at the feet of tall palm trees in the fields of Al-Reghila village. "...

Erdogan says working with Russia, Ukraine to save grain deal

Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)

The agreement expires on July 17 unless Russia agrees to extend it -- something it has indicated strongly it will not do. Erdogan used his good working relation...

Sweet success: Jordan's beekeepers busy as honey demand soars

Jul 09, 2023 (AFP)

The country's 4,000 apiarists have ramped up output of the sweet and sticky golden substance long praised for its anti-inflammatory and other health benefits. E...

From soup stock to supercrop: Japan shows off its seaweed savvy

Jul 06, 2023 (AFP)

Research into new applications for the marine plant -- from carbon absorption to reducing methane emissions from cattle -- is flourishing, and countries are loo...

French cherry farmers protest over insecticide ban; Report paves way for EU glyphosate use

Jul 06, 2023 (AFP)

The EU implemented a bloc-wide ban in 2020 on the insecticide dimethoate over health risks posed to farmers and consumers. The chemical had previously been used...

Pesticides worsen climate emergency: NGO report

Jul 05, 2023 (AFP)

"Pesticides exacerbate the climate emergency throughout their life cycle," from manufacture to disposal, Pesticide Action Network UK said. "Unless we change our...

EU pushes to slash food waste

Jul 05, 2023 (AFP)

Brussels estimates the bloc generates almost 59 million tonnes of food waste a year -- or 131 kilograms per person. That represents a loss of some 132 billion e...

We may be underestimating the climate risk to crops: researchers

Jul 04, 2023 (AFP)

Food production is both a key source of planet-warming emissions and highly exposed to the effects of climate change, with climate and crop models used to figur...

Vietnam farmers planting in the dark as heatwave looms

Jul 03, 2023 (AFP)

Planting in the dark has become a saviour for countless farmers in north and central Vietnam during increasingly hot summers as South and Southeast Asian nation...

Brussels looks to relax curbs on genetically modified crops

Jul 03, 2023 (AFP)

The plan could create a new frontline in the EU's Green Deal, elements of which centre-right European lawmakers are already seeking to stall, arguing they would...

China's Qu Dongyu re-elected unopposed as head of UN food agency

Jul 02, 2023 (AFP)

He was the only candidate standing for the role of FAO Director-General, and received 168 out of 182 votes in a ballot in Rome on Sunday. Qu, a former Chinese g...

As prices soar, Japan returns to human waste fertiliser

Jun 30, 2023 (AFP)

As in several parts of the world, the use of "night soil" to fertilise crops was once common in Japan. However, the advent of sewage systems and treatment facil...

Buzz off: wasps wreak havoc on Albania's chestnuts

Jun 29, 2023 (AFP)

Beautiful but impoverished, its villagers have made a living by selling their chestnuts for centuries. But in the space of just a few years, a tiny invasive was...

Israel enlists drones, AI and big data to farm for the future

Jun 28, 2023 (AFP)

At an avocado orchard in a kibbutz in central Israel, a tractor slowly pulls a device through the trees. Flag-sized attachments that evoke canoe paddles on the ...

Got weeds? US environmentalists call in the G.O.A.T.s

Jun 28, 2023 (AFP)

The hungry goats -- who bleat to their master Kyle Carr -- are part of a team of 150 ruminants pruning the brush on a 6.5 acre (2.6 hectare) section of San Anto...

Smart farming platform improves crop yields, minimizes pollution

Jun 22, 2023 (SPX)

The smart farming system uses a copper-based hydrogel that captures excess nitrate waste from fertilizer runoff and transforms it into ammonia - a critical elem...

NASA, Department of Agriculture Advance Exploration, Science

Jun 22, 2023 (SPX)

The agreement affirms the two agencies' interest in continuing their longstanding partnership on mutually beneficial collaborative activities furthering educati...