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Automated agricultural machinery requires new approaches to ensuring safety
May 16, 2023 (SPX)
"The majority of the research focuses on the first category, environmental perception. These studies primarily deal with how machines sense obstacles in the env...
UConn researcher explores impact of recreational homes on agricultural land use
May 15, 2023 (SPX)
Towe saw a lot of potential agricultural land in New York state going unused. He also personally knew farmers who couldn't find land in their area. This led him...
Another step away from the farm: meat grown from immortal stem cells
May 11, 2023 (SPX)
The production of cell-cultured meat will require muscle and fat cells with a very high capacity to grow and divide. While cell-grown meat has garnered media at...
Top chocolate maker delays sustainability target date
May 10, 2023 (AFP)
In 2016 the Zurich-based group adopted an ambitious plan to eradicate child labour in cocoa plantations and lift 500,000 farmers out of poverty by 2025, as well...
Drought spells 'catastrophe' for Spain's olive harvest
May 09, 2023 (AFP)
"It's barely rained since January. The ground is very dry," worries Cristobal Cano, secretary general of the small farmers' union (UPA) in the southern region o...
Iraq's climate migrants flee parched land for crowded cities
May 09, 2023 (AFP)
"The transition is difficult," said Mohamed, 42, who abandoned village life several years ago for a shantytown in the central city of Karbala. He is part of a g...
US, UAE announced climate farming fund has grown to $13 bn
May 08, 2023 (AFP)
That money means the Agriculture Innovation Mission (AIM) for Climate, launched in 2021, now exceeds its $10 billion target for the COP28 climate talks, to be h...
Three 'Himalayan Viagra' pickers missing after Nepal avalanche
May 08, 2023 (AFP)
Every year, thousands of villagers in Nepal and Tibet harvest the parasitic fungus Cordyceps sinensis, known locally as yarchagumba, which grows on the body of ...
Earth from Space: Farming the desert
May 07, 2023 (ESA)
Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles to learn more. Shown as a dark elongated area in the centre of the image, the ...
World's tallest 'hemp hotel' trails South Africa's green credentials
May 03, 2023 (AFP)
Workers in central Cape Town are putting the finishing touches on the 54-room Hemp Hotel, which is due to be completed in June. "Hempcrete" blocks derived from ...
Insect farming startup Entoverse launches FarmGPT component
May 02, 2023 (SPX)
Common challenges in insect farming include mortality and disease arising from environmental conditions or insect feed, which typically cause 25-50% losses, as ...
Chia Network and SpaceKnow secure spatial data and analytics for AgroTech sector
May 01, 2023 (SPX)
Reconciliation of Ecosystem Service Claims via Unified Entity ("RESCUE"), a project launched by a consortium of leading sustainable AgroTech companies including...
Artificial photosynthesis for environmentally friendly food production
May 01, 2023 (SPX)
A group led by Prof. Volker Sieber at the TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability (TUMCS) has succeeded in producing the amino acid L-alanine,...
Study offers a new view of when and how governments distribute land
Apr 28, 2023 (SPX)
The research, focused on Kenya in recent decades, challenges some conventional wisdom while bringing new empirical data to the subject. To explain the "property...
EU agency calls for reduction in pesticide use
Apr 26, 2023 (AFP)
The warning comes amid findings that one or more pesticides were detected above thresholds of concern at 22 percent of all monitoring sites in rivers and lakes ...
China's space achievements transforming agriculture
Apr 26, 2023 (XNA)
Over 400 activities, such as exhibitions, science popularization lectures, space knowledge competitions, and relevant seminars, are held nationwide. At the laun...
Introducing World Cereal
Apr 24, 2023 (ESA)
According to the 2022 report on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, the number of people facing chronic hunger, jumped from around 618 millio...
France frog fair faces criticism
Apr 22, 2023 (AFP)
The annual weekend gathering in Vittel sees visitors consume several tonnes of frogs legs, largely imported from Asia, where campaigners say frog populations ar...
EU offers more cash to appease Ukraine grain concerns
Apr 19, 2023 (AFP)
Brussels is scrambling to find a solution after Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria banned imports of Ukrainian grain and other food products, blaming them f...
Spain vows to block farming near threatened wetlands
Apr 17, 2023 (AFP)
The proposal to rezone lands near the huge Donana National Park in the southern Andalusia region comes amid a prolonged drought and it has drawn the ire of Brus...
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