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Farmers in the dock in water-deficient IndiaNew Delhi (AFP) March 8, 2010 India faces a water crisis with availability in decline and demand rocketing, and the profligate agricultural sector is in the firing line. Farmers' wasteful use of water is unsustainable in a country with a fast-growing population and rapidly industrialising economy, says Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. Agriculture "is going to face tough competitive demands from other sectors", Bansal told a water management conference in New Delhi recently. "To feed 17 percent of the world's ... read more |
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Rome, Italy (SPX) Mar 03, 2010The European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the American Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) are working to innovate and reinforce their food security monitoring systems and to develop more efficient early warning tools. These efforts come as a response to the 2007-2008 global food crisis that increa ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2010Tobacco might become as well known for keeping us healthy as it is for causing illness thanks to researchers from the U.K. In a new research report appearing in the March 2010 print issue of the FASEB Journa scientists explain how they developed a genetically modified strain of tobacco that helps temper the damaging effects of toxic pond scum, scientifically known as microcystin-LR (MC-LR), whic ... more  
Sydney (AFP) March 2, 2010A wildfire which had towered up to 18 metres (60 feet) high and threatened lives and property in Western Australia was Tuesday under control but could flare again in the hot weather, officials said. The state's Fire and Emergency Services Authority downgraded its warning for residents of Eneabba, a farming town north of Perth, after firefighters worked through the night. "The bushfire is ... more |
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Fury as Brussels authorises GM potatoesBrussels (AFP) March 2, 2010 The European Commission on Tuesday approved the cultivation of genetically-modified potatoes, prompting an angry response from environmental campaign groups and two EU member governments. Austria said it was planning an immediate ban on the potatoes' cultivation, while Italy's agriculture minister slammed the commission's decision and vowed to defend "traditional agriculture and citizens' health". The first approval of genetically modified foods in Europe for 12 years was criticised by Greenpeac ... read more |
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