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How long does stuff stay in your stomach?
How long does that stuff stay in there? Simultaneously intrigued and creeped out, Google helped me find some answers.Ethical aspects of genetic engineering
Concerns associated with biotechnology include economic pressure, corporate capital and commercial influences on the independance of science.Reducing dependency of Caribbean food production on foreign capital
In the Caribbean countries, smallholders comprise more than 50% of all farmers but contribute a substantial proportion of basic food for domestic consumption.Transfection Forum. Molecular and Cell Biology Forum for researchers and life scientists.
Transfection Forum. Molecular and Cell Biology Forum for researchers and life scientists.Life and Earth Sciences Social Network
Bio-Network.org is a network for scientists and the community to discover and share scholary and popular content in biology, in the applied life and earth sciences, and in the environmental sciences.Africa's population, fuelwood consumption, deforestation and agriculture
Africa's fuelwood crisis is associated with increasing demand from urban consuming centres and land conversion to agriculture.Vegetable oil as a diesel fuel alternative: impacts on agriculture
Biomass-based vegetable oil is a renewable fuel source that might substitute for fossil fuels. Vegetable oil can dramatically increase agricultural income.Land, food and population in the developing world
FAO assessed the potential of the developing world's land resources and concluded that by 2015, 64 countries will be on the critical list, if projected population increases continue.Biomass production of forests in tropical Africa
Annual litterfall is about 10 t dry matter/ha/year and total biomass production 20-25 t dry matter/ha/yr.Adequate least-cost diets for third-world country populations
The diet of large sectors of the population of third-world countries is insufficient. Such diets are frequently deficient in high-quality protein, vitamins A and B2.Agriculture's place in commercial diplomacy
Shortages of food supply cannot be eliminated by greater self-sufficiency of third-world countries. International agreements should secure the access of less priviliged countries to supplies.History of the "food problem"
The history of "food problems" in many third-world countries can be traced to political and administrative errors which exaggerated the effects of natural disasters.Alternative land-use planning
Alternatives to 'traditional' land-use include horticulture, arable crops, non-food crops, biofuel crops, and alternative livestock.Ancient boomerangs of South Australia
Besides other wooden tools, complete boomerangs were excavated in a South Australian peat quarry formed 10000 years ago.A bright future for the forest industry in India
For satisfying the increasing demand for forest products in India, areas with degraded and eroded soils should be afforested.Forecasting regional development of agricultural structure
Possible development of farm structure in particular regions depends on many factors including agricultural policy, structure of the agricultural enterprises and the interdependences between farms.Agricultural practices for increasing resistance of forest crops to pathogens
In contrast to agricultural crops, pest and pathogen management in forestry has to deal with a large number of crops which are frequently located on sub-optimal or marginal land.Vegetable Growing: Organic and Traditional Methods
Olericulture specialists address organic and sustainable production of specific vegetable crops.A technical analysis of high yields of rice in Mandya, India
Located in the southern part of Mysore at 700 m above sea level, the high rice yields of Mandya are due to its climate with large diurnal temperature variations and high solar radiation.Biology-blog.com : animals
There are unknown creatures lurking under the windswept islands of the Aleutians, as per a team of scientific divers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
