Agric & Biotech Archives|agricultural extension management|agricultural soil

Agric & Biotech

Groups seek inquiry into modern day slavery on Malaysia plantations

Coalition of NGOs calls on the RSPO, Malaysian government and international buyers for an open investigation into The Wall Street Journal’s findings On the heels...

admin - July 30, 2015

Agric & Biotech

Farmers can double cassava yield with improved weed control

Preliminary results from experimental plots carried out by researchers working under the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) led Cassava Weed Management Project show...

admin - July 24, 2015

Agric & Biotech

Monsanto: More testing will follow GM maize release in SA

The new drought-tolerant maize trait, MON 87460, has been approved by the Executive Council of the GMO Act for conditional general release in the Republic...

admin - July 5, 2015

Agric & Biotech

Food scientists seek intervention in climate change

Ahead of the crucial climate talks scheduled to hold in December in Paris, France, food scientists in Nigeria have called for intervention to cushion the...

admin - July 3, 2015

Agric & Biotech

‘Africa excited about drought-resistant corn’

I know anti-GM activists exists to oppose the GM technology. That’s what they are paid to do. But I was flabbergasted when they criticised...

admin - June 23, 2015

Agric & Biotech

Water scarcity hinders Cameroon fish farming

Fish is a source of high quality protein for most households across Cameroon. The low cost for fish products some years back attracted high...

admin - June 21, 2015

Agric & Biotech

Outrage greets Mosanto GM maize deal in South Africa

Non-governmental and farmer organisations from South Africa, Tanzania, Mozambique, Kenya and Uganda have condemned the go-ahead given by the South African GMO authorities for Monsanto...

admin - June 19, 2015

Agric & Biotech

Rice scheme imposes hardship, displaces Tanzanian farmers

Norfund, the UK aid department, and Capricorn are funding the British company Agrica’s industrial rice plantation in Mngeta, Tanzania, which is destroying the livelihoods...

admin - June 17, 2015

1...198199200...205 Page 199 of 205