Farming news and issues around the world
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Sustainable agriculture and protection of biodiversity: the hot topics at the FAO's Summit
Communal flour mill transforms west African village life
Mechanical marvels include a tractor that phones its driver when it's not feeling well
Peruvian Amazon forest under threat from incoming farmers as well as loggers and ranchers
How both our ever-growing cities and our small communities might feed themselves
Improved grassland in South America helps to absorb carbon dioxide from the air
US farmers have benefited hugely from US aid to agricultural research in developing world
Agricultural movers and shakers meet to assess the future of global population and farming
Traditional life of Bedouin in Saudi Arabia is changing
Unemployed city graduates given farmland in Egypt's New Lands Agricultural project
How plant chemicals can be used to cheat crop pests
Effecitive agricultural progress based on local peoples and their knowledge in Mauritania
Three important trees for the farming world: stinkwood, ram贸n and neem
Sri Lankan rice farmers diversify to earn a better living
Growing trees without side branches for timber is now possible with genetic engineering
Food production in geographically difficult areas, such as rice breeding in Nepal
How best to handle Thai sacbrood virus in Indian honey bees: import new bees or sit it out
Participatory Rural Appraisal is the new buzz phrase in international development
Cuba's urban vegetable gardens - organop贸nicos - are a vital part of the food supply
Australian discovery to help farmers in the fight against take-all cereal fungus
What's the future for small banana growers after European trade protection is lifted?
Improving food supply and distribution in Africa is the subject of FAO's Dakar conference
Rivers are drying up and water tables falling: it is time to take water scarcity seriously
Small farmers in Thailand hold three-month protest about high costs forcing them into debt
Monsanto's new GM soya reignites the debate about GMOs - Genetically Modified Organisms
New Chinese and Eastern European markets might help absorb a predicted surplus of bananas
Farm workers at risk from pesticides and the insects that develop pesticide resistance
Comparison between Kenya and Gambia's ventures into non-traditional agricultural exports
How Estonian farmers are faring six years after independence from the Soviet Union
Biodiversity is about 'the power over food for the next century', for billions of people
