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Beyond Meat makes China push with factories near Shanghai
Sep 08, 2020 (AFP)
The US substitute meat startup said it plans to open two facilities near Shanghai, after reaching an agreement with the Jiaxing Economic & Technological Develop...
Syrian olive trees put down roots in Kurdish Iraq
Sep 08, 2020 (AFP)
Their branches are heaving with bright purple-black olives ready to be picked. Their caretaker, Syrian Kurdish businessman Suleiman Sheikho, is proud to have br...
Amazon bans sales of foreign seeds in US after mystery packets
Sep 06, 2020 (AFP)
"Moving forward, we are only permitting the sale of seeds by sellers who are based in the US," the e-commerce giant said in a statement Saturday. In late July t...
Mexican environment minister quits after weed killer row
Sep 02, 2020 (AFP)
Victor Toledo, a 75-year-old prominent environmentalist, is "a first-class professional, but he is in poor health," Lopez Obrador, who came to power in December...
Secret weapon to stop invasive honeysuckle: Satellites
Sep 01, 2020 (SPX)
The University of Cincinnati found that satellite imagery can identify nonnative and invasive Amur honeysuckle, an ornamental shrub introduced from Asia that ha...
Pesticide-free farming yields billions in annual benefits in Asia-Pacific
Aug 31, 2020 (UPI)
According to the new research, detailed Monday in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, non-chemical crop protection has proven far more valuable than the d...
Fabric of success: how 'lotus silk' is weaving its way into Vietnam
Aug 28, 2020 (AFP)
Her great-aunt made and sold traditional silk to the French during colonial rule, passing the technique on to Thuan, who started weaving when she was six in her...
China's crash diet begs the question: is it facing a food crisis?
Aug 26, 2020 (AFP)
President Xi Jinping started the "Operation Empty Plate" drive in mid-August to address what he called "shocking and distressing" waste, prompting a nationwide ...
Australia blocks Chinese firm's bid to buy major dairy company
Aug 25, 2020 (AFP)
The US$430 million sale of Lion Dairy and Drinks -- currently owned by Japan's Kirin -- to Mengniu Dairy had been awaiting regulatory approval since November, b...
Colombia close to resuming aerial spraying of coca crops
Aug 24, 2020 (AFP)
Colombia's is the world's biggest producer of cocaine, the raw material of which is coca leaves. It stopped aerial spraying in 2015 over health concerns but has...
Chile slaps record fine on Norwegian salmon producer
Aug 22, 2020 (AFP)
The fine, handed to salmon farming company Mowi, formerly known as Marina Harvest, was the largest ever for an environmental offense in the South American count...
China's rat, cobra farmers feel coronavirus pain
Aug 19, 2020 (AFP)
The killer virus has since been linked to China's wildlife trade, with scientists saying it could have originated in bats and been transmitted to people via ano...
High-tech farmers sow seeds of revolution in Dubai desert
Aug 18, 2020 (AFP)
Al-Badia market garden farm produces an array of vegetable crops in multi-storey format, carefully controlling light and irrigation as well as recycling 90 perc...
Desert greenhouses offer growth opportunities
Aug 18, 2020 (SPX)
KAUST researchers are calling for a new generation of vast greenhouse complexes, supported by novel solar panels, air-cooling technologies, and advances in salt...
Climate change sours French winemakers' bitter harvest
Aug 14, 2020 (AFP)
With coronavirus lockdowns sending sales plummeting, some have had to turn their unsold stock into alcoholic hand disinfectant. This is all the more depressing ...
Chinese diners told to order less and cut food waste
Aug 13, 2020 (AFP)
"Operation empty plate" aims to overturn the ingrained cultural habit of ordering extra food for group meals. Xi was quoted in state media this week as saying f...
WHO says food safe from coronavirus
Aug 13, 2020 (AFP)
The virus was found Tuesday in the Chinese city of Shenzhen during a routine check on samples of frozen chicken wings imported from Brazil, city authorities sai...
Business booming for Brazil farmers but deforestation looms large
Aug 12, 2020 (AFP)
Pozzobon has been racing to keep up with Chinese orders for chicken and pig feed, like many farmers in the greater Sorriso region, in the western state of Mato ...
An irresistible scent makes locusts swarm, study finds
Aug 12, 2020 (AFP)
On its own, a locust is fairly harmless. But so-called solitary locusts can undergo a metamorphosis, changing colour and joining together with millions of other...
Heavy rains kill 19 in Niger as locust swarm threatens
Aug 07, 2020 (AFP)
Of the 19 believed killed by the rains, 10 died by drowning and nine when homes collapsed, Niger's interior ministry said in a statement. Disaster management of...
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