Agriculture

Maize shortage renews debate over GM in Zimbabwe

21 Mayo, 2013 - 09:15
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97588/Maize-shortage-renews-debate-over-GM-in-Zim...
HARARE 04 March 2013 (IRIN) - A major shortage of maize has sent the price of maize meal, used for porridge and poultry feed, spiralling in Zimbabwe, prompting traders to lobby the government to consider importing genetically modified (GM) maize.

Five food issues to watch out for

6 Mayo, 2013 - 14:30
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97487/Five-food-issues-to-watch-out-for
JOHANNESBURG 15 February 2013 (IRIN) - Who or what do you blame when the price of maize seems to keep going through the roof? If you did not mention fuel subsidies, then you need to read this list of emerging food issues in Africa.

March of the Beekeepers protest held over pesticides

27 Abril, 2013 - 06:01
Origen: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/video/2013/apr/27/m...

BBCOriginally Published by The Guardian - The Guardian reports from the March of the Beekeepers, a protest in Parliament Square against the UK's opposition to an EU plan to ban insecticides linked to serious harm in bees

Improving Crop Yield Forecasting in Uruguay using Landsat Imagery

3 Abril, 2013 - 06:01
Origen: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.earthzine.org/2013/04/03/improving-crop-yield-forecasting-in-uruguay-...


DEVELOP

Image Credit: DEVELOP

Authors: Sunny Ng, Pietro Ceccato

Bees to have their day in court over insecticide use

28 Marzo, 2013 - 06:01
Origen: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23308-bees-to-have-their-day-in-court-over...

Originally Published by New Scientist

– The long-running row over insecticides linked to declines in bee numbers is going to court. Beekeepers and activists are suing the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), saying it should have banned neonicotinoid insecticides.

Freshwater Stores Shrink in Tigris-Euphrates Basin

13 Marzo, 2013 - 06:02
Origen: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80613&src=eorss-iotd

Satellite imagery of the Tigris-Euphrates Basin. Credit NASA Earth ObservatoryOriginally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - An arid region grows even drier due to human consumption of water for drinking and agriculture.

Rising emissions may double sweet potato size

28 Diciembre, 2012 - 06:02
Origen: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/food-security/news/rising-e...

Forest & Kim Starr Originally Published by SciDevNet - Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere caused by human-driven emissions might lead to larger sweet potatoes, a staple food for many African and Asian countries.

Earth’s Earliest Dinosaur Possibly Discovered

6 Diciembre, 2012 - 06:01
Origen: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.livescience.com/25246-oldest-dinosaur-fossils-discovered.html

Originally Published by LiveScience

– A wonky beast about the size of a Labrador retriever with a long neck and lengthy tail may be the world’s earliest known dinosaur, say researchers who analyzed fossilized bones discovered in Tanzania in the 1930s.

WASHing with Sesame Street Webinar, December 11

4 Diciembre, 2012 - 22:19
Origen: 
Sanitation updates
URL: 
http://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/washing-with-sesame-street-web...

WASHing with Sesame Street Webinar, December 11 | Source: WASHfunders.org

Distribuir contenido