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Small farmers key to global food securityNairobi, Kenya (UPI) Feb 12, 2009 Helping the world's smallest farms stay abreast of climate change and competition is key to feeding the planet's growing population, scientists in Kenya said. Small farmers are neglected by agricultural aid policies, yet collectively they feed most of the world's 1 billion low-income people, said the Kenyan-based International Livestock Research Institute. Small farmers need help in understanding and coping with climate change, which will alter growing conditions, institute officials sai ... read more |
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West Lafayette IN (SPX) Feb 10, 2010Purdue University scientists led an effort to sequence the soybean genome, giving researchers a better understanding of the plant's genes and how to use them to improve its characteristics. Agronomy professor Scott Jackson said the U.S. departments of Energy and Agriculture study found that the soybean has about 46,000 genes, but many of those - 70 percent to 80 percent - are duplicates. T ... more  
Sao Paulo (AFP) Feb 10, 2010Authorities in Sao Paulo were working Wednesday to repair a broken pipe that left 750,000 residents in a slum without water for days, prompting several to dig wells in a local cemetery. The water supply company Sabesp said it had sent water trucks to the poor western Paraisopolis district to make up for the sudden cut that occurred Sunday. It said Tuesday it was close to having the break ... more  
Sao Paulo (AFP) Feb 10, 2010Blizzards in the United States, a heatwave in Brazil, killer floods in Mexico, drought in Ecuador - according to meteorological services, freak weather being felt right across the Americas can be blamed on El Nino. The phenomenon, in which unusually hot surface temperatures along the middle of the Pacific Ocean disrupt atmospheric systems, has created storms throughout the continent and res ... more |
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China calls for new checks amid milk scareBeijing (AFP) Feb 9, 2010 China warned Tuesday of a continued "grim" food safety outlook following the re-emergence of a tainted milk scandal and called for strengthened efforts nationwide to contain the threat. The order by a Cabinet-level food safety committee marked the first high-level government response to revelations that tainted milk powder that was supposed to have been destroyed after a 2008 scandal had reappeared in stores. In the 2008 health scare, milk laced with the industrial chemical melamine led to the d ... read more |
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