Noxious weeds pester plantlife
The Record-Courier Fri, 12 Aug 2005 6:01 AM PDT
Whether noxious or just plain obnoxious, weeds can be a nuisance in any vegetated area. It's when they become destructive that they are dubbed "noxious" by the Nevada Department of Agriculture. |
Watermelons get makeover for modern consumers
Courier-Post Fri, 12 Aug 2005 2:09 AM PDT
Scientists are enhancing the features of watermelons. For more about the care and feeding of watermelons, see the National Watermelon Promotion Board Web site, www.watermelon.org, or the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service site about watermelons at www.ars.usda.gov. |
Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions: Contribution of Bangladesh
News From Bangladesh Fri, 12 Aug 2005 1:57 AM PDT
Since the advent of the industrial revolution in the 1700s, humans have devised many inventions that burn fossil fuels. Burning these fossil fuels, as well as other activities such as clearing land for agriculture, or urban settlements, releases some of the gases that trap heat in the atmosphere. |
Govt set to help longong farmers hit by unrest
Bangkok Post Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:32 AM PDT
The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry is coming to the aid of longong farmers in the South whose incomes have been hit by the ongoing violence. The ministry is working with the Commerce Ministry to help distribute around 44,000 tonnes of the fruit in the area. |
Environment Canada proposes greenhouse-emissions trading scheme
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:46 PM PDT
OTTAWA (CP) - Companies, farmers and municipalities that come up with ways to cut greenhouse gases would earn credits under an emissions-trading scheme proposed by Ottawa as part of its Kyoto plan. |
Colliding factors worsen famine in Africa
Boston Globe Fri, 12 Aug 2005 0:48 AM PDT
JOHANNESBURG -- A confluence of interlocking problems in more than a dozen African countries, including poor governance, inattention to agricultural production, AIDS, drought, and last year's locust plague, has combined to create the continent's most wide-ranging food shortages and famine in decades, according to aid specialists in Africa and the United States. |
South African Farmers Trade Livestock for Wildlife
Environmental News Network Fri, 12 Aug 2005 4:08 AM PDT
Squinting into his binoculars, William Fowlds scans a vast, grassy plane where a busy dairy once stood. The cattle and sheep have given way to herds of grazing antelope. Out of a knot of thorny bushes, a family of elephants emerges. |
Eroded lakeside will be restored
Sun-Sentinel Fri, 12 Aug 2005 0:07 AM PDT
Homeowners living along Lake Wellington will get relief from erosion problems sooner than expected. The Village Council hired a contractor this week to begin restoring the lake's banks, which have encroached on residents' property lines. |
Horse power
Missoulian Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:46 PM PDT
SISTERS, Ore. - If the thought of a farmer patiently working his field behind a plow and horses floods you with pangs of nostalgia, take heart. It's on the rebound. |
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