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Pakistan exported agricultural products worth Rs 288.18 billion last year ISLAMABAD (April 29, 2011) : Pakistan last year exported agriculture products worth Rs 288.18 billion including food grains,…
Read MoreIngredient in Mass Extinctions Could Boost Food, Biofuel Production Hydrogen sulfide, the pungent stuff often referred to as sewer gas, is a deadly substance implicated in several mass…
Read MoreRestoring Balance in Rice Fields with Flowers Women from Tien Giang Province participated in training to learn how to keep their rice fields ecologically sound and balanced –…
Read MoreWild Parent Spawns Super Salt-Tolerant Rice Farmers are set to reclaim salt-ravaged land thanks to a single rice plant born of two unlikely parents that is spawning a…
Read MoreReproductive Effects of Pesticides Might Span Generations North Carolina State University researchers studying aquatic organisms called Daphnia have found that exposure to a chemical pesticide has impacts that…
Read MoreGenuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield Soybeans After four years on the market, more farmers than ever are using on their farms. Monsanto’s second-generation trait technology for soybeans has been…
Read MoreDeep, Permeable Soils Buffer Impacts of Crop Fertilizer on Amazon Streams The often damaging impacts of intensive agriculture on nearby streams, rivers, and their wildlife has been well…
Read MoreAdoption of Direct Seeding Improves Soil Quality Starting in the early 1980’s, prairie farmers gradually switched from conventional tillage to adopt direct seeding, the seeding of crops directly…
Read MoreTogether, Wild Bees, Honeybees Improve Crop Pollination In order to feed a growing global population, agriculture is under pressure to increase its productivity. The ecosystem service of pollination…
Read MoreTwo Approaches for Optimizing Water Productivity Agricultural Research Service researchers in Bushland, Texas, are helping farmers make the most of their water supplies in a region where they…
Read MoreMore Food, Greener Farming with Specialised Transporters for Plants To grow more food more sustainably we need to make plants better at recruiting nutrients and water from soil…
Read MoreAffluence Drives Unsustainable Consumption of Land, Sea Global demand for natural resources is rising at an unprecedented rate, putting pressure on finite resources, ecosystems and biodiversity. To understand…
Read MoreCrop Rotation With Nematode-Resistant Wheat Protects Tomatoes In a study published online in Crop Science, scientists describe a nematode-resistant wheat. But while the wheat carries the resistance to…
Read MorePlant Protein Discoveries Ease Global Food, Fuel Demands New discoveries of the way plants transport important substances across their biological membranes to resist toxic metals and pests, increase…
Read MoreEquitable, Efficient Use of Water is Key to Sustainable Population Growth he world’s population is growing rapidly and is expected to reach nine billion by 2050. Global fresh…
Read MoreUnkempt Land Could Benefit Farmers Parts of the farm landscape that are overgrown are more important in supporting wildlife than they first appear, according to new research published…
Read MoreHistorical Water Use Reflects Changes in Global Socio-Economic Development Understanding how socio-economic forces have shaped water use in the past can help inform sustainable water management in the…
Read MoreEncouraging Signs for Bee Biodiversity Declines in the biodiversity of pollinating insects and wild plants have slowed in recent years, according to a new study. Researchers led by…
Read MoreAssessing Risk Level of Leaf Spot Diseases in Wheat Leaf spot diseases can decrease wheat yield by up to 20 per cent or more, as well as diminish…
Read MoreImproving ‘Crop Per Drop’ Could Boost Global Food Security, Water Sustainability Improvements in crop water productivity — the amount of food produced per unit of water consumed —…
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