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Maize Genes and 'soft' Biotechnology

Some of the 'soft' biotechnology research that everyone can access

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Nicaragua still suffering one year after Hurricane Mitch

Has Nicaraguan agriculture recovered from the devastation of Hurricane Mitch a year ago?

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Seed: our most Precious Asset

World Seed Conference discusses this first and most critical element in the food chain

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Nothing simple about the Potato

Potatoes are a very technically challenging crop to grow anywhere in the world

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Kosovan Farmers Return to their Land

Helping Kosovan farmers who are returning to rebuild their lives and farms after the war

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WTO sows Seeds of Dissent

What does the TRIPS agreement mean to farmers

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Red Tilapia from Scotland

Tilapia breeding programme at the Institue of Aquaculture in Scotland

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Multicultural Urban Farming in Britain

A new generation of Britons are digging for success on their allotments

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Farming in Bhutan

Bhutan's apple growers need to start grading fruit in order to get better prices

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Tanzanian Women win Equal Land Rights

Tanzanian women now have equal land rights but explaining this to villagers comes next

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Weeds on the Agenda in Brighton

Why the Brighton Crop Protection Conference dedicated its entire programme to weeds

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Re-use and Recycle: Farmers' Watchwords

Recycling dangerous plastic into beautiful and useful objects in Burkina Faso

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First FAO report on Global Food Insecurity

UN report on global food insecurity offers some hope and exposes old patterns

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Farming close to Nature

Making a living from wild plants and learning how to farm them in Cameroon

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Online Food Safety Database Launches

Online database of acceptable levels of contaminants in food, sponsored by FAO and IAEA

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Chocolate: from Cocoa Bean to Bar

From cocoa bean to chocolate bar: what exactly goes on inside a chocolate factory?

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The Biotechnology Debate

Is biotechnology safe? Does it actually deliver? How should it be regulated?

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Why are Farmers Leaving the Land?

Why is farming globally losing its skilled workforce? Reports from India and north America

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How Farmers find their Markets

Different trading decisions made by farmers in east Africa and the Caribbean

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Giving Seeds a Head Start

Helping seeds of the versatile carob tree germinate and survive in harsh conditions

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Farming Relationships at Work

Teamwork is at the heart of farming: husbands and wives, families, neighbours far and wide

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How to Succeed in Sugar Processing

Sugar manufacture in the UK at a time of overproduction and low prices elsewhere

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Could Going Green Grow more Food?

Strategies for getting more food from less space with greater regard for the enviorment

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Re-thinking Agricultural Development

So many farmers are so deperately poor because donor countries don't know how to help them

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The Urban Farmers taking over Dehli

Champions of urban agriculture transforming Dehli homes, rooftops and even the prison

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Oman's Salt Water Problem

How the use of motorised pumps is making groundwater more salty in Oman

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Feeling the Benefits of Herbal Extracts

Medicinal herbal extracts are the subject of the last edition of The Farming World

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What Happens after the Floods?

How do farmers begin to recover after the floods in Mozambique and India?

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