Genetically modified rice in China benefits farmers' health, study finds
Farmers growing genetically modified rice in field trials in China report higher crop yields, reduced pesticide use and fewer pesticide-related health problems, according to a study by researchers in China and at Rutgers University and the University of California, Davis. "This paper studies two of the f...Use of Insecticides Linked to Lasting Neurological Problems for Farmers
New research shows that farmers who used agricultural insecticides experienced increased neurological symptoms, even when they were no longer using the products. Data from 18,782 North Carolina and Iowa farmers linked use of insecticides, including organophosphates and organochlorines, to reports of reoccurring headaches, fatigue, insomnia, dizziness, nausea, hand tremors, numbness and other neur...Earliest European Farmers Left Little Genetic Mark On Modern Europe
Editor : Be sure to check out the There is new evidence that adult HIV infection rates have decreased in certain countries and that changes in behaviour to prevent infection—such as increased use of condoms, delay of first sexual experience and fewer sexua...New flood-tolerant rice offers relief for world's poorest farmers
A gene that enables rice to survive complete submergence has beenidentified by a team of researchers at the International RiceResearch Institute in the Philippines and at the University ofCalifornia's Davis and Riverside campuses. The discovery allows fordevelopment of new rice varieties that can withstand flooding, thusovercoming one of agriculture's oldest challenges and offering reliefto milli...New technologies coming too fast for Indian farmers
The arrival of genetically modified crops has added another level of complexity to farming in the developing world, says a sociocultural anthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis. Glenn D. Stone, Ph.D., professor of anthropology and of environmental studies, both in Arts & Sciences, at Washington University in St. Louis, has completed the first detailed anthropological field...High-Tech Solution for Farmers
Good old fashioned problem-solving is alive in Wisconsin today. Five years ago Chad Sorenson was talking with his cousin in Iowa, a farmer who grows corn. The cousin complained about the tedious task of applying anhydrous ammonia, a fertilizer, and specifically how he had to stop his tractor and walk 40 feet behind him to determine how much fertilizer was left in the tank. The seed was planted.<b...Farmers explore technology at Wisconsin event
, hosted at the Malm family farm in Loyal, WI, will showcase th...The New Green Revolution offers hope to poor farmers and poor consumers
SAN FRANCISCO Outside the convention hall, I stopped last week to chat with a protester whose sign read: Biotechnology is making poor farmers poorer. He was a young and pleasant enough guy just caught up in his own rhetoric. I told him biotechnology may be the last, best hope for the worlds poorest farmers, not to mention the hundreds of millions of people who dont get enough to eat be...Nigerian Farmers To Import Bird Flu Vaccine From Israel
Spread of bird flu across nine states in Nigeria has forced the import of nearly 1 million doses of bird flu vaccine from Israel// The poultry farmers in Nigeria would soon receive their share of the imported bird flu vaccine to protect themselves against the deadly infection. Bird flu has now spread to Yobe and Nasarawa states, according to official reports. No case of human-human bi...United Kingdom: Farmers Cautioned To Plan Adequately For Bird-Flu
Tony Blair’s spokesman has said that the risk of the spread of the bird-flu virus is certainly pronounced. EU farm ministers will be meeting in Brussels to thrash out this issue, the virus already having entered France. //Yet the U.k Ministry don’t feel it is time to lock up the Britain’s 20 million free range poultry, though some experts feel appropriate to do so. According to the National Fa...Bird flu raises debate in EU for compensation for farmers
In a considerate bid by EU they have suggested that EU member states could help national poultry amid a consumer bird flu scare due to lowering prices.// Stressing the point agriculture commissioner Mariann Fisher Boel said , "There are different ways for member states to help poultry producers," Italy and Greece repeated demands that the commission help support businesses i...Poultry Farmers Organize Chicken Party
Poultry farmers of Gujarat in India are in bad financial shape following the bird flu scare in the region. To build confidence of the public the poultry farmers organized a "chicken party" here to boost up the sales of poultry// products."We organized the party to remove the fright from people's minds regarding bird flu," said Ramesh Patel, secretary of the Gujarat Broiler Farmers' Association....To safeguard poultry farmers a Rs. 35-crore fund set up.
As a good gesture and sound health info Kerala and Goa have lifted the ban on poultry and poultry products from Karnataka. This was revealed by Minister for Medical Education and Animal Husbandry V.S. Acharya in the// Legislative Council on Wednesday. He also added that this indicates that the situation is under control. As a step to safeguard poultry farmers and make policies Chief Mi...