February 8, 2010, All Africa Kenya: Researchers Map Areas Suitable...
	The International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) has completed the initial phase of mapping areas suitable for production of feed stock to the country's nascent alternative fuel industry, a key step to ensuring the new activity does not compromise food...
	February 8, 2010, Guardian.co.uk India to rule on future of aubergine ...
	Minister to make key decision on major crop Broad alliance takes on Monsanto...
	February 8, 2010, SeedQuest First International Seed Trade Confer...
	Source: SEED INFO 38 In March 2009, delegates from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan signed the by-laws of the ECO Seed Association (ECOSA) and appointed transitional board members for registration of the...
	February 8, 2010, Fresh Plaza International Potato Center opens Asi...
	The International Potato Center, repository of the largest potato gene bank in the world, has opened a regional office in China to help boost Asian production of the ubiquitous tubers, the Peru-based center...
	February 8, 2010, Sana Cooperation between Damascus Universi...
	Damascus, (SANA) Rector of Damascus University Wael Mualla and Head of EU's Tempus Unit Klaus Haupt reviewed the projects which Damascus University carried out in cooperation with Tempus program and means of improving the cadres' skills and...
	February 8, 2010, Individual.com Precision Farming - Paradigm Shift in...
	WHY pay a farmhand when machines that never grow tired can be purchased? This is one of the questions for Zambian farmers especially now in an era of...
	February 8, 2010, SeedQuest Beans climb to new heights in Rwanda
	Kigali, Rwanda February 4, 2010 by Ochieng' Ogodo, SciDev.Net Climbing beans suited to rainy high-altitude areas are being distributed in Rwanda after a decade of...
	February 8, 2010, Checkbiotech Syngenta and climate change, biodiver...
	Seed development, use of less chemicals and being more specific in treating plant diseases with no adverse side effects are good for the environment. THE world is now grappling with ways to adapt to and mitigate climate change, and to conserve biodiversitytwo of the urgent concerns confronting the world...
	February 8, 2010, Prison Planet.com And now for Africagate
	Following an investigation by this blog (and with the story also told in The Sunday Times), another major mistake in the IPCCs benchmark Fourth Assessment Report has...
	February 8, 2010, VC Circle Pune Incubator Body ISBA Launches Rs ...
	Arihant Group and Adventa Infrastructure are the key contributors to the...
	February 8, 2010, The Nation Global warming to hit rice production...
	By Pongphon Sarnsamak THE NATION Published on February 8, 2010 Rice production is projected to decrease 10 per cent if the world's temperature increases by 1 degree Celsius, said Ed Sarobol, lecturer at Kasetsart Univesity's Faculty of Agriculture, referring to a study by the International Rice...
	February 8, 2010, FIS Tamper-proof traceable tilapia
	Through the use of DNA-technology, the Norwegian company Genomar, has developed a tamper-proof system for tracing fish back to their origin. It is used in their own large tilapia farm in...
	February 8, 2010, All Africa Africa: New Bio Lab to Link Up Africa...
	Nairobi A multi-million dollar laboratory expected to boost research and put Africa at par with the world's most advanced research institutions has opened its doors to African...
	February 8, 2010, FANRPAN African farmers could adapt to climat...
	Nairobi: Far more than climate change, low fertiliser use and poor rain-water management among small-holder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia will continue to undermine food security, scientists at the International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have...
	February 8, 2010, SciDev.Net ASB Programme Associate
	ASB Programme Associate ASBPartnership for the Tropical Forest Margins-- is a a global partnership of more than 80 research institutes, non-governmental organizations, universities, community organizations, farmers' groups, and other local, national, and international...
	February 8, 2010, The Nation Global warming to hit rice production...
	By PONGPHON SARNSAMAK THE NATION Published on February 8, 2010 Rice production is projected to decrease 10 per cent if the world's temperature increases by 1 degree Celsius, said Ed Sarobol, lecturer at Kasetsart Univesity's Faculty of Agriculture, referring to a study by the International Rice...
	February 8, 2010, The Jakarta Post Summit and RIs environmental strategies
	Alan Oxley , Washington | Mon, 02/08/2010 10:33 AM | Opinion Environment Minister Gusti Mohammad Hatta has been criticized for not responding to calls from environmental groups to act on forestry and climate change in his first hundred days in...
	February 8, 2010, Digg Terence McKenna~We Can Change The World
	mysticalmusingsandpolitics.blo Terence McKenna explains that the psychedelic experience is the catalyst for open-minded thinking that can change the...
	February 8, 2010, CWEBNews Insects devastate Thailand's rice cro...
	Bangkok - Excessive use of fertilizers and pesticides and other poor farming practices have led to an insect plague in Thailand's rice fields that was predicted to reduce yields by 30 per cent in vast areas, the International Rice Research Institute warned...
	February 8, 2010, Digg Spirit Prepares for Winter
	marsdaily.com Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2010 - Sol 2151-2158 : Spirit is still embedded in the area called Troy on the west side of Home Plate. Energy levels for Spirit have been decreasing rapidly as winter...