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Will World Food Prices Rise?

Are food prices going to rise and then stay high?

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The 9th European Bioenergy Conference

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

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Hybrid Maize Breakthrough in Mexico

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

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Breeding Healthier Yams for Export

Breeding better yams for booming export market

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New Drought-Tolerant Maize

New drought-tolerant maize developed suitable for Africa

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How Aids Is Changing Agriculture

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

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Sugar Beet Made Fit for Drier Climates

Improving sugar beet for yield and drought tolerance has been difficult

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Food: Making Sure There Is Enough for Everyone

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

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Agroforesty Success Stories

How agrforestry pays off for farmers in Caribbean and Latin America

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Bosnian Farmers Rebulding after War

Bosnian farmers rebuilding their lives in the aftermath of war

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Why Cuban Agriculture Went Organic

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

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Farmers Are Guardians of Local Crop Varieties

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

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The International Grain Trade

Grain production and trade are at the heart of global agriculture

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World Food Summit: Progress and Protests

Sustainable agriculture and protection of biodiversity: the hot topics at the FAO's Summit

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Success of the Village Flour Mill

Communal flour mill transforms west African village life

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Royal Smithfield Show: Latest Farm Machinery

Mechanical marvels include a tractor that phones its driver when it's not feeling well

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Caring for Peru's Amazon Forests

Peruvian Amazon forest under threat from incoming farmers as well as loggers and ranchers

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Hunger in an Urbanised World

How both our ever-growing cities and our small communities might feed themselves

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Improved Grasslands Absorb more CO2

Improved grassland in South America helps to absorb carbon dioxide from the air

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US Aid Is Not a One-Way System

US farmers have benefited hugely from US aid to agricultural research in developing world

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Oxford Farming Conference: Facing the Facts

Agricultural movers and shakers meet to assess the future of global population and farming

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Saudi Arabian Bedouin to Get Satnav to Find Grazing

Traditional life of Bedouin in Saudi Arabia is changing

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Egypt Gives Graduates Land to Farm

Unemployed city graduates given farmland in Egypt's New Lands Agricultural project

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Setting Natural Chemical Traps for Crop Pests

How plant chemicals can be used to cheat crop pests

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Agricultural Progress in Mauritania Is Local

Effecitive agricultural progress based on local peoples and their knowledge in Mauritania

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Top Trees for Global Farmers

Three important trees for the farming world: stinkwood, ram贸n and neem

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Sri Lankans Growing More than Rice

Sri Lankan rice farmers diversify to earn a better living

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Engineering Trees: Root and Branch

Growing trees without side branches for timber is now possible with genetic engineering

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Farmers Help Design Their Own Rice

Food production in geographically difficult areas, such as rice breeding in Nepal

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Virus Attacks Indian Honey Bees

How best to handle Thai sacbrood virus in Indian honey bees: import new bees or sit it out

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