http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on farming practices and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/news/ Agriculture and how it can adapt to climate change should be given more attention at Copenhagen, a group of scientists has urged.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/don-t-ignore-agriculture-in-climate-talks-experts-warn.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesFri, 20 Nov 2009 01:29:10 GMTInnovative agricultural technologies can produce crops that meet climate change challenges, says ICRISAT head William Dar.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/agriculture-can-adapt-to-climate-change.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:58 GMTEast Africa must adopt alternative farming techniques to combat the crop losses projected for 2050, a study says.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/food-security-in-east-africa-within-reach--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesFri, 13 Nov 2009 03:11:35 GMTA farming research centre is set to open in Mozambique with funding, seeds and advice from China.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/china-s-farming-ambitions-in-mozambique-take-shape.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesWed, 11 Nov 2009 06:03:06 GMTFood production in China's Yangtze River Basin faces a dire future but new growing techniques could compensate.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/grain-of-hope-for-yangtze-river-climate-impact.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesTue, 10 Nov 2009 04:34:19 GMTSimply reducing livestock farming in developing countries will neither cut emissions nor benefit the poor, says livestock expert Carlos Seré.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/no-simple-solution-to-livestock-and-climate-change.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesThu, 05 Nov 2009 10:41:45 GMTSouth African researchers have lodged an appeal against their government's rejection of a genetically modified potato.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/gm-potato-gets-roasting-in-south-africa-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesWed, 04 Nov 2009 02:55:05 GMTChina has reduced its sulphur dioxide emissions, but its failure to reduce nitrogen emissions could worsen acid rain in the country.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/china-s-nitrogen-emissions-could-worsen-pollution.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesWed, 04 Nov 2009 02:38:09 GMTPork tapeworm is responsible for almost a third of epileptic fits, researchers say.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/tapeworm-link-with-epilepsy-far-higher-than-thought.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesMon, 02 Nov 2009 03:34:58 GMTSix experts, writing in The New York Times, discuss options for ensuring food security in the face of growing populations and climate change.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/can-gm-food-mitigate-world-hunger-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesWed, 28 Oct 2009 05:06:53 GMTAgainst expectations, West African rice varieties have interbred in the field — and war may have helped these improved hybrids spread.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/war-may-have-spread-hybrid-rice.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesTue, 27 Oct 2009 03:20:46 GMTPests, disease and post-harvest problems are drastically reducing crop yields, a summit has heard, and quick technical fixes are a priority.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/technical-fixes-needed-to-stem-crop-losses.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesFri, 23 Oct 2009 03:57:29 GMTBiofuels are neither a panacea nor a pariah, says a major UN report, but they must not be grown on productive cropland.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/world-needs-sophisticated-biofuel-approach-urges-report.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesTue, 20 Oct 2009 05:11:20 GMTLocal knowledge forms the backbone of a programme in Benin that aims to help farmers adapt to the effects of climate change.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/benin-farmers-unite-against-effects-of-climate-change.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesTue, 13 Oct 2009 02:54:00 GMTAfrica is starting to produce more food for its people by embracing farming technology, according to a new UN report.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/african-food-production-on-the-rise.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesMon, 12 Oct 2009 11:43:45 GMTSouth African researchers will soon begin field trials of a variety of maize capable of withstanding extreme dehydration.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/drought-hardy-maize-ready-for-field-trials-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesTue, 06 Oct 2009 06:00:00 GMTJatropha will not be saving the world anytime soon, say researchers, but it could work in local biofuel projects in developing countries.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/is-the-sun-setting-on-jatropha-s-biofuel-promise-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesThu, 01 Oct 2009 01:33:15 GMTA cassava virus rampant in southern Africa could be facing annihilation, thanks to genetic research in South Africa.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/cassava-virus-dealt-a-blow-in-southern-africa.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesThu, 01 Oct 2009 12:09:41 GMTCrop yields will plummet and millions more children will go hungry unless agricultural practices adapt to climate change, warns a report.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/climate-change-will-leave-25-million-more-children-hungry--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesWed, 30 Sep 2009 01:21:55 GMTFarmers in drought-stricken Kenya are uprooting imported eucalyptus species that were planted near water sources.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/farming-practices/thirsty-eucalyptus-trees-get-the-chop-in-kenya-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_farmingpracticesWed, 30 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT 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