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Life, productivity and development are being seriously undermined by disease

Enriched straw used as livestock feed in China

Unemployed urban Zambians return to the countryside and rediscover farming traditions

The new US Farm Bill: a force for good or not?

Why isn't the international aid community better at helping farmers survive hard times?

Agricultural pesticides could be damaging our immune systems, claims new report

New breeding programme possible for improved cassava crops

Hi-tech sprayer differentiates between crop and weeds

There is enough to feed everyone but food is still unevenly distributed and poverty rising

Global stocktaking at FAO conference on plant genetic resources

Mechanical highlights of the English Royal Show in Warwickshire

Traceability in meat production and farming post-BSE are this year's big talking points

Scottish blackface sheep have a gene for increased resistance to internal parasites

FAO's new Dairy Net to gather and share dairy development information in Africa

Desertification is a global agricultural disaster largely ignored by governments

FAO calls for total eradication of rinderpest disease that affects cattle and wild animals

Bigger crops in central and southern Africa because of extended rainy season

Are food prices going to rise and then stay high?

Can farmers provide energy for power and heat as well as food for the world?

New hybrid maize that breeds pure, meaning seed need only be bought once

Breeding better yams for booming export market

New drought-tolerant maize developed suitable for Africa

Devastating Aids epidemic is changing what we grow and how we farm

Improving sugar beet for yield and drought tolerance has been difficult

Fighting hunger and malnutrition: how do we produce enough affordable food for everyone?

How agrforestry pays off for farmers in Caribbean and Latin America

Bosnian farmers rebuilding their lives in the aftermath of war

With imports cut by upheaval in Eastern Europe, Cuban farmers were forced to go organic

Good news for plant genetic diversity as farmers continue to grow local varieties

Grain production and trade are at the heart of global agriculture