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China, Nigeria Team Up to Boost Agricultural Production

China, Nigeria Team Up to Boost Agricultural Production

China is seeking to create a trademark in Nigeria's agricultural sector through a partnership between China and Nigeria aimed at improving food production in the region.

US, WTO, China

US Files WTO Case Against China Over Farm Subsidies

The US is mounting pressure on China after filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over subsidies provided to wheat, corn, and rice farmers.

Farmers Decide Yea Or Nay On Genetically Modified Crops

China Supports Push for use of Genetically Modified Soybeans

China is backing the commercialization of genetically modified soybeans over the next five years, as it attempts to improve its agriculture industry by increasing crop output as the top soy importer and consumer of the world.

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New Startup Uses Technology to Solve China’s Agricultural Concerns

A Beijing-based tech startup called Gago is currently addressing some of China's agricultural problems with the power of technology.

Chinese Farmers Start Autumn Harvest Of Rice

China Expects 140 Million Tonnes of Grain for Summer Harvest

China is expected to harvest 140 million tonnes of grains in summer this year, the country's agriculture minister revealed in an interview with People's Daily on Sunday.

Farming was considered as a new strategy of survival for Europeans 85,000 years ago.

Aegean Descendants Start Framing Survival in Europe, New Study Says

A new study suggests that first European farmers migrated from modern-day Greece and Turkey and uses farming as a new strategy for survival.

Drone in Flight

Drone Maker DJI Sets up Agricultural Services Network

Shenzhen-based drone maker DJI Innovation Technology Co has revealed that it is currently setting up a network to promote and support the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) (or drones) in agriculture.

China targets to push integrated development and agricultural investment in rural areas

China to Enhance Integrated Development, Agricultural Investment in Rural Communities

China on Wednesday announced plans to further rural development by increasing the allocated budget for the agricultural sector and augmenting farmers' income by boosting integrative development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries

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Chinese Farmers Caught Illegally Planting GM Crop

Environmental group Greenpeace on Wednesday said that in China's northeast farmers are unlawfully planting and growing genetically modified corn.

More rural reforms forthcoming

Beijing Vows to Protect China's Food Security, Ensures Agricultural Reforms

The government of China reiterated on Friday its commitment to provide adequate supplies of food for the country's 1.4 billion-strong population, vowing more public and private investments in rural and agricultural development to ensure a stronger, more efficient and competitive Chinese agriculture sector.

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Obama to Save Honeybees, Disregards Toxic Pesticides

The U.S. government plans to save the honeybees, but fails to address the widespread use of toxic pesticides.

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China, Myanmar Sign Deals Worth $7.8 Billion

In a move to cooperate better with its neighbors, China has announced $7.8 billion in deals with Myanmar, covering energy, agriculture, telecommunications, infrastructure and finance.

China's expanded farming rights

China Pilots Expanded Agricultural Reforms On Land Ownership And Irrigation

Agricultural reforms in China are seeing the light of day as the government pilots for greater property rights allowing farmers to reap the benefits of advanced urbanization drive.

A mating pair of Australian plague locusts

Protein Found in Insect Blood Helps Pests' Immune Responses

Michael Kanost, a university distinguished professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, together with his colleagues from Kansas State University, found that protein molecules in the blood of insects function as their immune systems by binding to the surfaces of pathogens to identify infections in their body.

Mitosporidium daphniae

Swiss Researchers Describe Evolution of Extreme Parasites

Zoologists from the University of Basel in Switzerland have discovered Mitosporidium daphniae, a new species of parasite that illustrates the missing link between an extreme group of parasites and fungi, shedding light on the evolution of the disease-causing parasites in animals and humans.

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