Farming news and issues around the world
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First understand the system and then the necessary changes become obvious, says author
Crops with no one to harvest them, lost varieties of staple foods - the legacy of war
Farm-Africa's camel team travels with the nomadic pasturalists in Northern Kenya
Solving problems of soil erosion and irrigation in Guatemala
Ways of eradicating livestock endoparasites in African countries with no access to drugs
The cassava mosaic virus is causing crop loss and food shortages in eastern Africa
'Political stabilities are not built on empty stomachs,' says Norman Borlaug
Can fish farms make up the shortfall of fish in Africa?
How carbon dioxide is being "captured" by new plantings on Colombian savannah
From state farms to independent farmers, Albania's agricultural revolution of the 1990s
Stopping plants' shade-avoidance response might be the secret of multiple-crop canopies
Water for Life is the theme of UN Food Day this week
Turkey's 22-dam GAP project will generating electricity and provide irrigation
New nitrogen-fixing rice varieties mean greater yields with less fertilzers
CIAT researcher Thomas Hargrove is missing, presumed kidnapped, in Colombia
How small-scale farmers struggle to survive in Panama and Costa Rica
Better quality of life for farmers will combat global threat of urbanization
Livestock and new farming developments at the Royal Smithfield Show, London
How farming communities are suffering with the Aids epidemic
Testing and regulating fertiliser, hormone and other chemical residues in farm produce
Celebrating the 200 million urban farmers worldwide who help feed 700 million people
Farmers round the world doing something a little different at Christmas time
Why tobacco isn't always profitable for the small farmers of central and eastern Africa
Use of chemical insecticides is causing more problems than gains in many countries
EU aid system is criticised for bad management and wasting money
How genetically engineered bacteria could protect livestock from acacia poison
Australian geneticists identify beneficial genes for livestock breeders
Farming fund that helps poorest countries secures funding for the next three years
Projects to help disadvantaged smallholders in South Africa's Western Cape
Agricultural research policies need to be made by everyone involved, declares CGIAR
