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Sustainable Land-use Concept for South America
In the world of agriculture, climate protection and intensive farming are generally assumed to be a contradiction in terms. At Technische...
FAO: World Cereal Production Forecast to Fall by 2.7 Per Cent
Global cereal supply and demand balance is forecast to tighten considerably in 2012/13, due mainly to declines in wheat and maize production,...
Food Production Creates 29 Per Cent of GHG Emissions
Feeding the world releases up to 17,000 megatonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere annually, according to analysis by the CGIAR...
Factors Affecting Nutritive Value of Canola Meal for Poultry
Reviewing the progress made in improving canola meal for poultry diets, researchers based in Canada highlighted that the development...
Smallholder Farmers Need Improved Stake in Nile's Development
A new book finds that the Nile river, together with its associated tributaries and rainfall, could provide 11 countries—including...
Legume Trees Can Fertilize Maize Fields, Generate Higher Yields
Inserting rows of "fertilizer trees" into maize fields, known as agroforestry, can help farmers across sub-Saharan Africa cope with...
Biomass Crops Benefit Marginal Soils
Bioenergy crops can be a good match for areas of fields that have lost productivity. Crops such as switchgrass and miscanthus can help...
Biogas Trials Fuel Maize Growing Interest
Official figures of on-farm energy crop anaerobic digesters are currently underestimating the biofuel generating potential by at least...
The Collapse of Classic Maya Civilization Linked to Drought
The Classic Maya culture thrived in rainy times and then collapsed in turmoil as the weather turned to drought, according to new research....
Landowner, Farmer Return under Share Rental Arrangements with Differing Prices
Operator and farmland returns, which represent the amount that can be split between the landowner and farmer, vary considerably with...
The Biofuels Era - A Changing of the Guard?
The increase in corn used for ethanol has been a major driver of crop prices in the New Era that began in the fall of 2006. In the...
Research Uncovers Water Saving Rice Irrigation Method
Ten years of research indicates that a water management strategy can save rice producers money on fuel and conserve water without hurting...
Napiergrass: A Biofuel Crop for Sunny Southeast US
US - A grass fed to cattle throughout much of the tropics may become a biofuel crop that helps the nation meet its future energy needs,...
Ozone's Impact on Soybean Yield: Reducing Future Losses
People tend to think of ozone as something in the upper atmosphere that protects the earth's surface from UV radiation. At the ground...
Switching to an Energy Crop: Break Even or Make a Profit?
Along with the growing interest in biomass energy crops as renewable alternatives to fossil fuels comes a growing list of questions...
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