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Colombia's 'drug triangle' puts hope in chocolate![]() ![]() Guerima, Colombia (AFP) March 4, 2017 Isidro Montiel arrived in Colombia's lawless "drug triangle" in 1982 hoping to get rich farming coca, the raw ingredient for cocaine. Today, with the country perched at the edge of a new era, he is betting instead on cacao, the little brown seeds used to make chocolate. "I had heard that planting coca was a good living," Montiel, a stout 57-year-old farmer, said of his decision 35 years ago to move to the remote triangle of jungle between the villages of Guerima, Chupave and Puerto Principe, in ... read more |
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![]() Voi, Kenya (AFP) March 5, 2017 In a wildlife sanctuary in southern Kenya the relentless sun has bleached savannah grasses and dried up rivers, turning water holes first into muddy pits and now, dust bowls. ... more ![]() ![]() Tuwayhina, Syria (AFP) March 5, 2017 Syrian farmers near the Euphrates river are terrified the Islamic State group will literally open the floodgates to defend its stronghold Raqa, drowning their tiny villages in the process. ... more ![]() ![]() Champaign IL (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Timing the harvest and transport of highly perishable, hand-picked crops such as strawberries so these delicate products reach consumers at peak flavor and freshness is an intricate dance that partn ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Organic farmers have to make hard choices between protecting soil from erosion and controlling weeds. For example, large-scale organic farming relies heavily on tillage. Tilling breaks up the soil t ... more |
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Fears grow that Texas floods death toll could surge
Guatemala earthquakes leave four dead, houses damaged Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts Fears grow that Texas floods death toll could still surge Searching for Grandma Alicia after Texas floods Spain lifts lockdown for thousands as forest fire eases Flash floods kill three in New Mexico Five missing in landslide as rain lashes China's south and east Two killed in Guatemala earthquakes More than 160 people still missing days after deadly Texas floods |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Out of the more than 300,000 plant species in existence, only three species - rice, wheat, and maize - account for most of the plant matter that humans consume, partly because in the history of agri ... more ![]() ![]() Mogadishu (AFP) Feb 28, 2017 Somali's newly elected President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Tuesday declared a "national disaster" due to severe drought which aid agencies say has left some three million in crisis. ... more ![]() ![]() Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 A team of international researchers led by University of Freiburg hydrologist Dr. Andreas Hartmann suggests that inclusion of currently missing key hydrological processes in large-scale climate chan ... more ![]() ![]() Boca Raton FL (SPX) Feb 27, 2017 Zero Gravity Solutions, Inc., an agricultural biotechnology public company commercializing its technology derived from and designed for Space with significant applications for agriculture on Earth, ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (AFP) Feb 27, 2017 Nearly half the environmental impact of a loaf of bread comes from the "unsustainable use" of fertilisers on wheat crops, researchers said Monday. ... more ![]() ![]() London (AFP) Feb 26, 2017 Dependent on foreign workers and subsidies from Brussels, Britain's small but important agricultural sector is losing sleep over the possible fallout from Brexit, but hopes a future outside the EU will open up new export opportunities. ... more |
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![]() ![]() Researchers unravel powerful tool in maize breeding ![]() ![]() Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 A study published in the Journal of Food Science found that expectations of product quality, nutritional content and the amount of money consumers were willing to pay increased when consumers saw a ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 When deciding what crops to grow during a season, growers look at several factors. Do the crops have a good yield in their area? Does the area currently have the resources - usually water - to grow ... more ![]() ![]() University Park PA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 "Food production must double by 2050 to feed the world's growing population." This truism has been repeated so often in recent years that it has become widely accepted among academics, policymakers ... more ![]() ![]() Liverpool, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 Published in the open-access journal GigaScience is an article that presents the genome of a parasitic mite, Tropilaelaps mercedesae, that infects bee colonies, which are facing wide-spread devastat ... more |
![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Flashy first images arrive from NOAA's GOES-16 lightning mapper ![]() ![]() Study shows US grasslands affected more by atmospheric dryness than precipitation ![]() ![]() Second 'colour vision' satellite for Copernicus launched |
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![]() Beijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() GLONASS station in India to expedite 'space centric' warfare command ![]() ![]() Australia and Lockheed field 2nd-Gen sat-based augmentation system ![]() ![]() UK may lose access to EU Galileo GPS system after Brexit |
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![]() Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Tree growth model assists breeding for more wood ![]() ![]() The battle to save Bangkok's 'Green Lung' ![]() ![]() Ancient peoples shaped the Amazon rainforest |
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![]() Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Novel 3-D manufacturing leads to highly complex, bio-like materials ![]() ![]() Light-driven reaction converts carbon dioxide into fuel ![]() ![]() New polymer additive could revolutionize plastics recycling |
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![]() Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions Introduces New Solamet ![]() ![]() SOVENTIX developing solar parks of up to 140 megawatts in Alberta, Canada ![]() ![]() meeco installed biggest solar energy plant in Zimbabwe |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() German company to store US wind energy in batteries in Texas ![]() ![]() US grid can handle more offshore wind power ![]() ![]() Michigan meets renewable energy targets |
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![]() Beijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() China halts N. Korea coal imports after missile test ![]() ![]() EU must shut coal plants by 2030 to meet climate pledge: study ![]() ![]() Do more to advance CCS, BHP Billiton says |
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![]() Shanghai (AFP) March 3, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Beijing's shanties: Towns of hope and despair ![]() ![]() Hong Kong rebel lawmakers fight parliament ban ![]() ![]() Activists gatecrash meeting of Hong Kong leadership hopeful |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Mar 2, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Robot uses social feedback to fetch objects intelligently ![]() ![]() Tracking the movement of cyborg cockroaches ![]() ![]() Study: Even 'benevolent bots' fight, sometimes for years |
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![]() Dhaka (AFP) March 6, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Environmental risks kill 1.7mn kids under 5 a year: WHO ![]() ![]() Pakistan's financial capital Karachi turned 'into rubbish bin' ![]() ![]() A Trump twist - Environment over economy in Michigan |
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![]() Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() China detains 24 after deadly hotel fire ![]() ![]() Australia fires ease as damage mounts after record heat ![]() ![]() Vegetation resilient to salvage logging after severe wildfire |
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![]() Boston MA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() More bang for the buck ![]() ![]() Syrian farmers fear IS to flood villages near Euphrates ![]() ![]() First direct measurements of Pacific seabed sediments reveal strong methane source |
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![]() Paris (AFP) March 6, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() One dead as Storm Doris hits British Isles ![]() ![]() Four dead as 'worse storm in years' buffets California ![]() ![]() Extreme heat threatens desert songbirds |
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![]() Washington (AFP) March 6, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() WTO faces first attack from US under Trump ![]() ![]() China trims GDP target, citing severe challenges ![]() ![]() Financial risks hang over China legislature meeting |
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![]() Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Mar 3, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() First Solar Images from NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite ![]() ![]() Rare 'Ring of Fire' eclipse to cross Southern Hemisphere ![]() ![]() NSF to Fund a Nationwide Effort to Capture the Eclipse |
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![]() Nairobi (AFP) March 6, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Study shows how skates, rays and sharks sense electrical fields ![]() ![]() Woolly mammoths experienced a genomic meltdown just before extinction ![]() ![]() Study explains why the panda is black and white |
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