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Decline bees, other pollinators, threatens crop output: UN body
2016-02-26 09:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Populations of bees, butterflies and other species important for agricultural pollination are declining, posing potential risks to major world crops, a UN body on biodiversity said Friday. "Many wild bees and butterflies have been declining in abundance, occurrence and diversity at local and regional scales in Northwest Europe and North America," said an assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). It said declines had also been...
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Mountaintop mining, crop irrigation can damage water biodiversity
2016-02-26 03:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Aquatic life can suffer when high concentrations of dissolved salts enter freshwater ecosystems, a process known as salinization. An international, multi-institutional team of researchers that includes a Virginia Tech graduate student recommends ways that humans can protect freshwater from salts in an article Friday (Feb. 26) in the journal Science. The recommendations include the use of less water for agricultural practices, less salt for road de-icing, less discharge or sequestering salts...
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Dow AgroSciences, Radiant Genomics Expand R&D Collaboration Focused On Natural Products For Crop Protection
2016-02-25 01:38:44| foodingredientsonline Home Page
Novel natural products hold great potential for agriculture. Discovering natural product-inspired solutions and bringing them to market are goals of Dow AgroSciences
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Phone app to forecast risk of crop failure in Brazil
2016-02-24 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Despite years of experience, Charlei Sousa finds himself struggling to grow maize. A lack of rain took half his last crop, and he says uneven rainfall has for years become a worsening problem in his fields in Montes Claros. "We don't know anymore how and when to grow," said Sousa, a family farmer who plants about 30 hectares (74 acres) of maize in the north of Minas Gerais state, which lies within a semi-arid region of Brazil. Changes in weather patterns linked to climate change are challenging...
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Cramer Livestock and Crop Production Expo Showcases Quality of Saskatchewan Pork
2016-02-22 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The Manager of Producer Services with the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board says the Cramer Livestock and Crop Production Expo provides an excellent opportunity for the province's pork producers to showcase the quality of their pork products, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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