|
 
India Launch Of Food Security Report Focuses On RiceMumbai, India (SPX) Dec 06, 2010 The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Asia Society launched a new food security report for Asia in Mumbai, calling for increased investment in rice research. The report, Never an empty bowl: sustaining food security in Asia, emphasizes the importance of rice as the primary staple food in Asia and a major source of income for Asian farmers. Existing global efforts to combat hunger and achieve food security are evaluated in the report, which also recommends more research on: ... read more |
. |
 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| . | . |
  
Six million year old Antarctic ice reveals deep history of Earth's climate
RSF reportedly kills hundreds in Sudan hospital
Climate change made Hurricane Melissa four times more likely: study | .. |
  Electrified Nano Filter Promises To Cut Costs For Clean Drinking Water With almost one billion people lacking access to clean, safe drinking water, scientists are reporting development and successful initial tests of an inexpensive new filtering technology that kills u ... more | .. |
 Court Affirms Right Of Local Governments To Protect Farmland California's agricultural economy and culture deserve protection. That was the conclusion of the Fifth District Court of Appeal in a unanimous decision on Monday. The Court upheld a Stanislaus Count ... more | .. |
 Chinese schoolboy blows whistle on tainted mushrooms: report An 11-year-old Beijing boy has become a hero to consumers for revealing that mushrooms declared safe by officials in the Chinese capital were tainted with harmful chemicals, state media said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Hunting moose, a Swedish passion With a thick carpet of snow softening his footsteps, Stefan Nordstroem creeps slowly between the tall pine and birch trees, his rifle at the ready. ... more |
| .. |
  Ethanol in crosshairs as deadline nears on tax credit Ethanol, once seen as an answer to US energy problems, is seeing political support waning as a deadline nears for Congress to decide on extending tax subsidies for the widely used biofuel. ... more | .. |
  Land disputes hitting Indian infrastructure schemes Protests against a proposed Indian nuclear power plant this weekend highlight a growing problem facing developers, experts say, as the country tries to upgrade or build much-needed infrastructure. ... more | .. |
  Mideast prays for rain as balmy weather threatens drought Israeli firefighters are battling a deadly forest fire as unseasonably warm weather blankets a tinder dry Middle East, and some countries are even organising prayers for rain. ... more | .. |
 Study: Africa capable of feeding itself If African leaders demonstrate political leadership the continent could both feed itself and become a major agricultural exporter, a study says. ... more |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
 Solar energy quotes and Solar energy solutions | .. |
  Google to pay couple one dollar for trespassing Google has agreed to pay a Pennsylvania couple one dollar for trespassing on their property while taking photographs for its "Street View" online mapping service. ... more | .. |
 India loans S.Leone 30 million dollars for water supply Sierra Leone will receive a loan of 30 million dollars (23 million euros) from India to revamp its aging water system in the capital and a town in the east of the country, the government said Wednesday, ... more | .. |
Climate change to worsen food security, UN talks told Surging prices for staple foods in 2008 and 2010 may be just a foretaste of the future as the impacts of climate change and population growth combine, a report issued at the UN talks in Cancun said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 ESA Attending UN Climate Conference Representatives from 194 countries have gathered at the 2010 UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, to continue working towards tackling climate change. ESA is attending 'COP16' to up ... more |
| .. |
 Freshwater Mussels Discovered In Urban Delaware River Scientists working with the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary and The Academy of Natural Sciences have made an important discovery in the Delaware River between Chester, Pennsylvania, and Trenton ... more | .. |
 Predatory Bugs Can Save Cornfields One of the worst pests of corn in the world, the corn rootworm, may owe its worldwide success partly to its larvae's nasty, sticky blood. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entomologist Jon ... more | .. |
 Forest Imaging In Gabon For UN How much forest cover remains? What is the land like - is it forest, bush, water or some other type of landscape? Has forest cover been destroyed by human beings to make way for other uses? Fo ... more | .. |
 Water Resources Played Important Role In Patterns Of Human Settlement Once lost in the mists of time, the colonial hydrology of the northeastern United States has been reconstructed by a team of geoscientists, biological scientists and social scientists, including Uni ... more |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
|
| .. |
 Novel Services For Tropical Forest Monitoring With Satellite A consortium led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing methods for monitoring tropical forests using satellite data in a project funded by the 7th Framework Programme of the Euro ... more | .. |
 Mapping Mangroves By Satellite Mangroves are among the most biologically important ecosystems on the planet, and a common feature of tropical and sub-tropical coastlines. But ground-based evidence suggests these vital coastal for ... more | .. |
 Gene Transfer From Transgenic Crops: A More Realistic Picture A new data-driven statistical model that incorporates the surrounding landscape in unprecedented detail describes the transfer of an inserted bacterial gene via pollen and seed dispersal in cotton p ... more | .. |
 Australia admits defeat on 90-year NZealand apple ban Australia Tuesday agreed to allow the import of New Zealand apples for the first time in almost 90 years, but said it would first review quarantine to make sure they were free of pests. ... more |
| .. |
 Japan culls 23,000 chickens to contain bird flu Japan began slaughtering about 23,000 chickens Tuesday at a poultry farm in western Shimane prefecture where an outbreak of bird flu was discovered, the local government said. ... more | .. |
UN food expert urges "Green Marshall Plan" from Cancun A UN human rights expert on Monday called on the climate change conference in Mexico to launch a "Green Marshall Plan" for agriculture to counter the impact of global warming on hunger and poverty. ... more | .. |
 Argentina, China sign 'historic' farm trade deals Argentina and China inked five farm product agreements during a visit to Beijing by Agriculture Minister Julian Dominguez to boost trade, officials here reported Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Soil Microbes Define Dangerous Rates Of Climate Change The rate of global warming could lead to a rapid release of carbon from peatlands that would further accelerate global warming. Two recent studies published by the Mathematics Research Institu ... more |
| Previous Issues | Dec 03 | Dec 02 | Dec 01 | Nov 30 | Nov 29 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2010 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
