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China, Nigeria Team Up to Boost Agricultural Production

Dec 08, 2016 04:10 AM EST

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 Files WTO Case Against China Over Farm Subsidies

Rina S. |

Sep 15, 2016 12:25 PM EDT

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

Charissa Echavez |

Aug 11, 2016 07:38 AM EDT

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.

New Startup Uses Technology to Solve China’s Agricultural Concerns

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Jul 15, 2016 12:10 PM EDT

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

Charissa Echavez |

Jul 04, 2016 10:56 AM EDT

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

Staff Reporter |

Jun 07, 2016 02:36 AM EDT

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 Maker DJI Sets up Agricultural Services Network

J.B. Cach |

Mar 22, 2016 03:36 PM EDT

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

Charissa Echavez |

Jan 28, 2016 06:06 AM EST

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

Chinese Farmers Caught Illegally Planting GM Crop

Eva Etha Marie Monares |

Jan 07, 2016 12:07 PM EST

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

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

Carlos Castillo |

Dec 26, 2015 09:53 PM EST

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.

Obama to Save Honeybees, Disregards Toxic Pesticides

Marco Foronda |

May 20, 2015 06:28 AM EDT

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

China, Myanmar Sign Deals Worth $7.8 Billion

David Curry |

Nov 15, 2014 11:57 AM EST

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 Pilots Expanded Agricultural Reforms On Land Ownership And Irrigation

Rubi Valdez |

Oct 20, 2014 08:53 AM EDT

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

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 15, 2014 03:18 PM EDT

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.

Swiss Researchers Describe Evolution of Extreme Parasites

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 14, 2014 08:00 PM EDT

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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