Saturday, January 7, 2012

Google Alert - agriculture technology


News7 new results for agriculture technology
 
Beaten by China, cry for science cash
Calcutta Telegraph
He said it was important to explore and revive traditional knowledge systems in the areas of agriculture, architecture, handicrafts and textiles. "One needs to go no further than the tribal communities who live in the deep forest areas of Mayurbhanj ...
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Calcutta Telegraph
Meeting food demands
Fiji Times
We are looking at e-extensions," said Dr Romano Kiome, permanent secretary of Kenya's Ministry of Agriculture. Not only bringing them the technology, another delegate said. "What we need to do is to get each farmer to see themselves as businessmen," ...
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Clarkson University's Welsh Named Editor-in-Chief of Renewable Agriculture and ...
Clarkson University News (press release)
His research interests focus on economic and social change and development with emphases on agriculture and food systems, the sociology of science and technology and environmental sociology. His research has been funded by the US departments of ...
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Clarkson University News (press release)
German technology proposed for new Brahmapuram waste treatment plant
The Hindu
The waste is transformed into a mineral called C.M500, a non-toxic product suitable for various applications in the construction and agriculture sectors. Household waste, including plastic, is put through a huge shredder and reduced to small pieces ...
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New Wide Group to invest in Kenyan cotton farming
Fibre2fashion.com
... also intends to undertake research in association with Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) to find cotton seed varieties that will be more appropriate to Kenyan climatic conditions. The research is aimed at transferring technology to ...
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New crop varieties can cut poverty, study finds
SciDev.Net
Richard Edema, a plant pathologist and senior lecturer in the school of agricultural sciences at Makerere University, Uganda, said: "Studies [such as this one] can serve as feedback for agricultural scientists to assess whether new [crop] varieties are ...
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New study analyzes US farming practices
Pork Magazine
From 1982 to 2007, land used in agriculture dropped from 54 to 51 percent of total US land area, while farming used 30 percent less hired labor and 40 percent less operator labor. Meanwhile, new technologies (such as precision agriculture) — often ...
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Web1 new result for agriculture technology
 
Minister of Agriculture inaugurates Agricultural Technologies Center
Khartoum, Jan 3(SUNA)- The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Abdul-Haleem Ismail Al- Mutafie, has inaugurated Sino-Sudanese Agricultural Technology Transfer ...
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