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Extracting fertilizer from air and water
Oct 31, 2025 (SPX)
Moreover, nitrous oxide, a byproduct of nitrogen compound production, is a potent greenhouse gas with nearly 300 times the global warming potential of carbon di...
Camels replace cows as Kenya battles drought
Oct 31, 2025 (AFP)
Sitting on the edge of a nearby well, Chapan Lolpusike recounted how his cows and oxen "all died" following the worst drought in four decades, caused by a succe...
Researchers engineer protein compartments to unlock efficient crop photosynthesis
Oct 31, 2025 (SPX)
Researchers from Associate Professor Yu Heng Lau's group at the University of Sydney and Professor Spencer Whitney's group at Australian National University hav...
Growing rice in the UK 'not so crazy' as climate warms
Oct 31, 2025 (AFP)
Growing rice "has not been done before in the UK", said Mitschunas, a field ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). But as temperatures warm...
Analysis finds food production choices directly impact extinction risk for thousands of animal species
Oct 31, 2025 (SPX)
By assessing the productivity of land, the team calculated the annual per-kilogram biodiversity effect of dozens of food commodities. Popular foods grown in tro...
Biochar and rewetting combine to curb farm emissions without yield loss
Oct 22, 2025 (SPX)
The study, published in Biochar (2025), examined how adjusting the water table and applying biochar - a carbon-rich material produced from plant biomass - influ...
Santa Cruz, Bolivia's breadbasket, hopes political change will fuel growth
Oct 17, 2025 (AFP)
Snaking lines of cars and trucks at gas stations have become a common sight in the dollar-starved South American country, and many farmers rely on fuel bought a...
Water salinity hurting farmers, livestock in Iraq
Oct 17, 2025 (AFP)
"We used to drink, wash and cook with water from the river, but now it's hurting us," said Umm Ali, 40, who lives in the once watery Al-Mashab marshes of southe...
China says 'no winners' in trade war after cooking oil threat
Oct 15, 2025 (AFP)
Trump issued the threat Tuesday after slamming Beijing's halt of US soybean purchases as an "economically hostile act". "We are considering terminating business...
Sweden to establish emergency grain stocks in north
Oct 14, 2025 (AFP)
In its 2026 budget, Stockholm plans to invest 575 million kronor ($60 million) to set up the grain reserves. The state plans to ensure there is a regular turnov...
Brazil hopes COP30 in Amazon can unite world for climate action
Oct 13, 2025 (AFP)
It faces tough odds, with a hostile United States unlikely to show up, political appetite for climate action at a low ebb, and eye-watering prices for accommoda...
US soybean farmers battered by trade row with China
Oct 13, 2025 (AFP)
But a decent yield is not enough to secure his income this year -- with China, once the biggest buyer of US soybean exports, halting orders in a trade row trigg...
New Zealand accused of 'climate denial' over new methane targets
Oct 13, 2025 (AFP)
New Zealand's right-leaning coalition government outlined plans on Sunday to reduce methane emissions by between 14 and 24 percent by 2050, compared to 2017 lev...
Veggie 'burgers' face the chop as EU lawmakers back labeling ban
Oct 08, 2025 (AFP)
Many of Europe's livestock farmers see plant-based foods that mimic meat products as potentially misleading for consumers, and a threat to their already trouble...
Biodegradable microplastics disrupt soil carbon balance and microbial life
Oct 07, 2025 (SPX)
The international research, published in Carbon Research, was co-led by Dr. Jie Zhou from Nanjing Agricultural University and Dr. Davey L. Jones from Bangor Uni...
Extreme rains hit India's premier Darjeeling tea estates
Oct 07, 2025 (AFP)
The deluge wiped out around five percent of Darjeeling's renowned tea gardens, delivering a heavy blow in a district that has become synonymous with the leaf it...
'Veggie burgers' face grilling in EU parliament
Oct 07, 2025 (AFP)
Concerns over the greenhouse gas emissions from livestock farms have in recent years driven more Europeans towards vegetarian and vegan diets, seen by advocates...
Africa's path to low-carbon food security
Oct 06, 2025 (SPX)
Led by researchers Xia Li, Yumei Zhang, and Shenggen Fan of China Agricultural University and Issa Ouedraogo of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIA...
US farmers hit by trade war to get 'substantial' aid: Treasury chief
Oct 02, 2025 (AFP)
Worries have been growing for weeks of a major hit to farmers, a key part of Trump's political base, as exports to China dry up over tariffs instituted by Beiji...
Farming transformed mammal communities worldwide over 50,000 years
Oct 01, 2025 (SPX)
Associate Professor John Alroy of Macquarie University, a co-author of the study, explained that agriculture and hunting acted together as powerful forces of ec...
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