Soil degradation blamed on improper bush burning practices
Ghanaweb.com Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:11 PM PST
Duodukrom (E/R), Jan. 19, GNA - Mr Samuel Yaovi Dotse, Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), has attributed soil erosion, infertility and land degradation to indiscriminate bush burning by farmers, which has led to a decline in food crops denying farmers good yields. |
Agriculture Briefs
The Robesonian Fri, 20 Jan 2006 7:45 AM PST
LUMBERTON - The Robeson Regional Agricultural Fair won the Image Award as the best county agricultural fair in North Carolina at the Annual Convention of the North Carolina Association of Agricultural Fairs in Raleigh on Friday. |
American Soybean Association applauds DOE/USDA announcement to map the soybean genome
SeedQuest Thu, 19 Jan 2006 3:01 PM PST
The American Soybean Association (ASA) applauds the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Agriculture's (USDA) decision to sequence the soybean genome. Decoding the DNA of the soybean, Glycine max , is important to the world's most valuable legume crop because it charts a course for soybeans to offer even more nutrition for humans and animals as well as greater value as a feedstock for biodiesel. |
Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
EurekAlert! Thu, 19 Jan 2006 1:18 PM PST
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture report what may be the first evidence of queen honeybees transmitting viruses to their offspring. They report their findings in the January 2006 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. |
Chelela forest needs proper management to regenerate
Kuensel Fri, 20 Jan 2006 7:41 AM PST
20 January 2006- The Chelala forest (between Paro and Haa), which experienced two severe fir diebacks in the past three decades, needs proper management and protection to regenerate as a healthy forest say officials of the Renewable Natural Resource-Research Centres of the agriculture ministry. |
Group seeks help controlling erosion
The Star Press Fri, 20 Jan 2006 0:32 AM PST
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Randolph County Soil and Water Conservation District picked up statewide support Thursday for its effort to convince the state to resume helping counties with inspections of erosion at construction sites and landfills. |
Govt to Boost Fertilizer Production
AllAfrica.com Fri, 20 Jan 2006 7:16 AM PST
Local Organising Committee (LOC),Africa Fertiliser Summit, yesterday said it would work out a country paper for fertiliser production and use in Nigeria. |
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