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Carbon Capture in Colombia

How carbon dioxide is being "captured" by new plantings on Colombian savannah

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Albania's Farming Revolution

From state farms to independent farmers, Albania's agricultural revolution of the 1990s

• 13 mins

Can Multiple-Crop Canopies Work?

Stopping plants' shade-avoidance response might be the secret of multiple-crop canopies

• 12 mins

Water: Our Most Precious Resource

Water for Life is the theme of UN Food Day this week

• 13 mins

Turkey's GAP Project

Turkey's 22-dam GAP project will generating electricity and provide irrigation

• 14 mins

Nitrogen-Fixing Rice Varieties

New nitrogen-fixing rice varieties mean greater yields with less fertilzers

• 13 mins

Agricultural Scientist Thomas Hargrove Kidnapped in Colombia

CIAT researcher Thomas Hargrove is missing, presumed kidnapped, in Colombia

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Central America's Small-holders

How small-scale farmers struggle to survive in Panama and Costa Rica

• 14 mins

Global Exodus from Rural to Urban Areas

Better quality of life for farmers will combat global threat of urbanization

• 12 mins

Royal Smithfield Show: Farming Comes to London

Livestock and new farming developments at the Royal Smithfield Show, London

• 13 mins

Aids Crisis in Rural Uganda

How farming communities are suffering with the Aids epidemic

• 14 mins

Agrochemical Residues in Our Food

Testing and regulating fertiliser, hormone and other chemical residues in farm produce

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In Praise of Urban Farmers

Celebrating the 200 million urban farmers worldwide who help feed 700 million people

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Something Different for Christmas

Farmers round the world doing something a little different at Christmas time

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Tobacco: a Demanding and Risky Crop

Why tobacco isn't always profitable for the small farmers of central and eastern Africa

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The Pesticide Problem

Use of chemical insecticides is causing more problems than gains in many countries

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EU Aid System: In Need of Reform?

EU aid system is criticised for bad management and wasting money

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Protecting Livestock from Plant Poisons

How genetically engineered bacteria could protect livestock from acacia poison

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Tagging Genes for Livestock Breeders

Australian geneticists identify beneficial genes for livestock breeders

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Securing IFAD's Future to Help Poorest Farmers

Farming fund that helps poorest countries secures funding for the next three years

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New Growth in South Africa's Western Cape

Projects to help disadvantaged smallholders in South Africa's Western Cape

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New Commitment to Inclusive Agricultural Research

Agricultural research policies need to be made by everyone involved, declares CGIAR

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Agroforestry: Working with Slash-and-Burn Cultivation

Updating slash-and-burn agricultural methods to protect the environment

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New Test for Aspergillus Toxins

New test for aflatoxins produced by aspergillus molds that infect grain and seed

• 14 mins

All about Russian Agriculture - in English

Focus on Russia is a new magazine about food production in Russia, published in English

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Safeguarding and Sharing Plant Genes

Conservation and the fair distribution globally of profit from plant genetic resources

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Banana Workers in Costa Rica Protest against Low Pay and Poor Conditons

Low pay and poor conditions of Costa Rica's banana workers who made the country rich

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Fair-Trade Scheme for Cocoa-growers in Belize

Fair-trade chocolate made with finest Belize cocoa grown in new scheme

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Problems with Fish Farming in Asia

Why doesn't fish-farming work well in Asia? AIT researchers now have some of the answers

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Relief Aid Needs to Include Farmers, too

How to ensure farmers don't lose out on develoment aid after disasters like war and flood

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