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Ethical aspects of genetic engineering
Concerns associated with biotechnology include economic pressure, corporate capital and commercial influences on the independance of science.Trends in world markets of major spices
Major spice crops include pepper, cloves, nutmeg, mace, cardamom, cinnamon, cassia, ginger and chili. There is slow but steady growth in supply as well as demand for these commodities.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.Reversing climatic change by expanding plantations
Increases in greenhouse gas emissions will excert damages in all regions of the world unless these impacts are alleviated by sequestering CO2 through large-scale plantations of horticultural crops.Antioxidants in vegetables for preventing and treating atherosclerosis and heart disease
Vegetables are among the best antioxidant foods for preventing and treating atherosclerosis and heart disease.Developing integrated crop management systems for Africa
Optimizing cropping techniques including no-till, cover crop, genotypes, growth regulators, irrigation, plant density and fertilizers can increase African farmers' income by at least 25 percent.A New Zealand death from malaria
Malaria is the world's most serious tropical disease, affecting 400 million people a year and killing approximately 2 million, most of them being children.New high-quality, high-yielding rice cultivars from Korea
The National Institute of Crop Science in Suwon, Korea has developed a number of new high-quality rice hybrids with a yield potential of up to 5.6 t/ha.Are biological insecticides harmful to honey bees?
Bacillus thuringiensis has negligible toxicity and several other viruses have no effect. Consequently, most biological insecticides have no or only neglegible effects on honey bees.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.Natural-resource management for improving rural development
For improving rural development it is important to make optimal use of natural resources and incorporate new technologies. Technically realistic global productive systems can so be developed.Tomato production in Sao Paulo, Brazil
As the main horticultural crop in Brazil, tomatoes and their productivity are important issues. Costs, cost structures, crop yield and economic returns affect tomato production.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.Alien invaders in Canadas waters, wetlands and forests
Two new studies demonstrate the effects of invading species on ecosystems.
