agriculture
Vertically Suspended Farms To Feed Densely Populated Countries
| Cory Doyle | | Sep 13, 2014 09:55 PM EDT |
Plans are set in place to begin construction on vertical structures that will be utilized for agricultural purposes. The free-standing structures will be a formation of multiple levels of farms that will be floating on the water, giving much needed agriculture to countries that lack the necessary farming space.
"Smart" Farming: How China Can Grow More Food Without More Environmental Damage
| Ren Benavidez | | Sep 04, 2014 06:28 AM EDT |
"Smart" farming techniques are the key to solving food problems in China, China Agricultural University scientists said this week. Based on more than 150 field experiments on rice, wheat and corn fields since 2009,research found that better matching of fertilizer to local soil and climates could increase yields while cutting fertilizer thereby helping the enivornment.
China doesn't renew biosafety certificates for GMO rice, corn research
| Dan Weisman | | Aug 20, 2014 09:29 PM EDT |
On Aug. 20, 2014, Chinese Ministry of Agriculture official ditched research permits for genetically modified organisms, GMOs, in two rice and one corn varieties. While officials didn't give a reason for not renewing the 5-year certificate, this effectively stops GMO rice research in China.
US farmers lose billions of dollars as China prohibits GMO corn imports
| dweisman | | Aug 07, 2014 03:39 AM EDT |
US farmers lose billions of dollars as China prohibits GMO corn imports
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