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Experts tackle modern slavery in Greek strawberry fields using satellite technology

Jul 15, 2021 (SPX)

Using satellite technology to identify migrant settlements - a technique pioneered by the university's Rights Lab - and working with the Greek authorities, the ...

New method makes vital fertilizer element in a more sustainable way

Jul 15, 2021 (SPX)

For decades, scientists and engineers have sought to make this process more energy efficient as demand for fertilizer grows with increased population. An intern...

India food delivery giant Zomato kicks off $1.3bn IPO

Jul 14, 2021 (AFP)

Zomato -- which counts subsidiaries of Uber and Jack Ma's Ant Group among its existing shareholders -- is one of the country's hottest tech start-ups and domina...

Colorado ranchers face not just drought but rising social pressures

Jul 14, 2021 (AFP)

"Here we are again," she says, wearing a checkered shirt and a persistent smile that belies her ranch's woes at a time when record high temperatures have been s...

Farm robots could bring utopia or disaster, scientist warns

Jul 13, 2021 (UPI)

In fact, robots are already being deployed on farms. As Daum sees it, robotization has the potential to transform the agricultural sector and usher in one of tw...

Spanish govt in rib-eye rumble as minister attacks meat industry

Jul 10, 2021 (AFP)

In a nation where the average person tucks into around 50 kilogrammes (110 pounds) of meat per year, a backlash may have been inevitable when Consumer Affairs M...

Scientists remotely control plant's pores with light

Jul 09, 2021 (UPI)

Each stomatal pore is sandwiched by a pair of guard cells. When internal pressure in the guard cells drop, they slacken and close the pore. When the pressure in...

Indian food delivery giant Zomato eyes $1.3bn IPO

Jul 08, 2021 (AFP)

Zomato and rival Swiggy -- both of whose delivery riders are ubiquitous in Indian cities -- are the two biggest players in a food delivery market forecast to ex...

Supply chain diversification can help cities avoid food shocks

Jul 07, 2021 (UPI)

But even after the global pandemic subsides, researchers expect climate change to continue to cause problems for food supply chains. To cope, the authors of a n...

Going to waste: The children who survive on Gabon's garbage dumps

Jul 05, 2021 (AFP)

Dressed in ragged clothing and rubber boots, dozens of children like him live and scavenge on the Mindoube rubbish tip on the outskirts of Libreville, the capit...

Slowing down grape ripening boosts flavors prized by winemakers

Jun 30, 2021 (UPI)

Unfortunately, vineyards all over the world are likely to experience longer, hotter and more frequent droughts as Earth's climate warms. In order to adapt, some...

Italy's Apulia region prohibits farm work in hottest sun

Jun 26, 2021 (AFP)

Apulia President Michele Emigliano signed an ordinance that bans work between 12:30 pm and 4:00 pm by those in the agricultural sector with prolonged exposure t...

EU reaches deal on farm subsidy overhaul; Aldi to phase out battery farm meat

Jun 25, 2021 (AFP)

"Today's agreement starts a real shift towards a greener and fairer Common Agriculture Policy (CAP)," tweeted the European Commission's vice president Frans Tim...

The origins of farming insects

Jun 24, 2021 (SPX)

The study analyses for the first time the symbiotic associations and the coevolution between ambrosia fungi and beetles from a paleontological perspective using...

Most consumers willing to try animal-free cheeses, survey finds

Jun 24, 2021 (UPI)

Nearly 80% of adult consumers in the United States, Brazil, Britain, Germany and India indicated they are are willing to try precision-fermentation-derived dair...

Israelis taste the future with lab-grown chicken 'food revolution'

Jun 23, 2021 (AFP)

In a small restaurant in a nondescript building in a science park in the central Israeli town of Ness Ziona, diners munched burgers and minced meat rice rolls m...

Changes in farming practices could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70% by 2036

Jun 23, 2021 (SPX)

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, the study identifies a combination of readily adoptable technological innovat...

Climate change likely contributed to 'catastrophic' French frost: scientists

Jun 15, 2021 (AFP)

And scientists said Tuesday that climate change had sharply increased the odds of such an event that minister Julien Denormandie called "probably the greatest a...

Swiss snub synthetic pesticide ban plan

Jun 13, 2021 (AFP)

Voters backed the government's call and rejected the two publicly proposed initiatives that would have changed the landscape for Swiss farming. A majority of bo...

France breaks up eel smuggling ring serving Asia

Jun 11, 2021 (AFP)

The inquiry began in 2017 when customs officers seized nearly 800 kilos of the silvery eels near the southwestern city of Bordeaux destined for China, as well a...