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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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Hanover, Germany (AFP) March 2, 2010US Internet giant Google launched on Tuesday a charm offensive for its "Street View" navigation service, aiming to soothe the privacy doubts of a sceptical German public. Attending the CeBIT high-tech fair, the world's biggest, for the first time, Google showcased three of their "Street View" cars - sleek, black Opels with eight mounted cameras to take pictures of streets, buildings and cit ... more  
Los Banos, Philippines (SPX) Mar 04, 2010In the last fifty years, the Philippines has more than tripled its rice yield, while the world average rice yield has increased only about 2.3 times. Despite being criticized as a poor rice producer because of its status as the world's biggest rice importer, the Philippines has actually done remarkably well in raising its rice yields from 1.16 tons per hectare in 1960* to 3.59 tons per hec ... more 
Washington (AFP) March 3, 2010The United States called Wednesday for a ban on the international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna to save the species from extinction, challenging Japan ahead of a major global meeting. With demand for sushi and sashimi driving the world's tuna stocks to dangerously low levels, the United States said it would ask a meeting in Qatar to declare the commercial trade in tuna a threat to the survi ... more |
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Genetically Engineered Tobacco Plant Cleans Up Environmental ToxinWashington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2010 Tobacco 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), which makes water unsafe for drinking, swimming, or fishing. This plant could serve as a major tool for help ... read more |
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