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Conservatives pressure Liberals on China policy
In the House of Commons Tuesday, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer pushed the Liberals on issues relating to China, including the detention of two Canadians, canola sales and investments in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Ireland's farmers' fears over climate plans
At Causey Farmin the East of Ireland, 300 cattle and 200 sheep graze on 300 hectares. With the help of some of his seven sisters, Matt Murtagh keeps the farm alive. But it is not enough to make ends meet. "This year has been very hard. I...
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Cannabis Agritech Company Prepares to Blast Hemp Into Space
Denver-based agritech company Front Range Biosciences has partnered with SpaceCells USA and BioServe Space Technologies at the University of Colorado to blast cell cultures from hemp and coffee plants into space.
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Climate-change-resistant agriculture
As populations grow and climate change takes hold, increased soil erosion and salinisation are putting humanity’s food security at risk especially in arid regions. But research into crops that can grow in the harshest conditions and a...
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Great green wall: Villagers' defence against desert
Al Jazeera meets Senegalese in a race against effects of climate change.
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The adoption scheme bringing ancient olive trees — and a Spanish village — back to life
An adoption scheme has saved more than 7,000 olive trees in the village of Oliete in Spain, which is the world's largest producer of olive oil. For €50 a year, an individual can sponsor one of 100,000 abandoned olive trees in the region....
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Almost 800kg of spoiled meat from Poland discovered in France: agriculture minister
Almost 800kg of spoiled meat from Poland was found in France, French Minister of Agriculture Didier Guillaume said on Friday. It came after revelations that a Polish abattoir was slaughtering sick cows and selling the meat for...
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At least 150kg of spoiled meat from Poland sold to consumers in France: Agriculture minister
At least 150kg of the 795kg of spoiled meat from Poland was sold to consumers in France, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Friday. 500kg was destroyed on Friday afternoon and 150kg was sold to consumers mostly by butcher shops, said...
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Denmark builds border fence with Germany to keep infected wild boar away
Denmark started building a 70km-long fence along its border with Germany on Monday in a bid to protect its pigs from disease-carrying wild boar. Plans for the border fence were announced in March 2018 amid fears of African swine fever...
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India farmer protests: Has PM Narendra Modi gone too far? | UpFront
We debate Indian Prime Minister's overhaul of the agriculture sector, and discuss Bangladesh’s Rohingya relocation plan.
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Disco soup served up to Agriculture ministers
EU Agriculture Ministers have been treated to a Disco Soup - a culinary and musical protest -outside the Council building in Brussels. Environmentalists are aiming to draw attention to the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, and...
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Scientists try seawater to save Europe's rice from rapacious invasive snail
Slowly but surely, a creeping threat is destroying Spanish rice paddies. Global losses from the Apple snail are estimated at tens of billions of euros per year. Futuris takes a look at how scientists are tackling this problem in a simple...
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Agriculture Sec. Says Farmers Understand Need for Tariffs
Sonny Perdue, U.S. secretary of agriculture, said American farmers are understanding of the need for tariffs on Chinese imports,e even if they might feel some short-term pain. After President Trump imposed tariffs on China, American...
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'Mutagenesis' plant breeding technique comes under GMO rules
It's a blow for the biotech industry, a victory for environmental campaigners. Europe's top court has ruled that crops obtained through a plant breeding technique called 'mutagenesis' - or gene editing - must come under laws restricting...
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Agriculture Ministers from G20 criticise protectionism
Agriculture ministers from the G20 countries criticized protectionism and vowed to reform World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. The meeting in Buenos Aires came amid rising trade tensions with China and the US placing retaliatory tariffs...
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How to produce a bigger biodiversity of corn crops?
Researchers in Cyprus want to understand how Europe can produce a bigger biodiversity of crops while improving its yield, quality, resilience and taste. They are literally digging deep in a special plantation in their quest for answers....
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A Start-up That Wants to Tip Over the Beef Industry, One Cow at a Time
Crowd Cow connects consumers to bid on parts of cows from independent farms and will only process orders once the entire cow is sold. "What we're doing is providing a very different experience from the entire meat industry," says...
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A Start-up That Wants to Tip the Beef Industry, One Cow at a Time
Crowd Cow enables consumers to bid on parts of cows from independent farms and will only process orders once the entire cow is sold. "What we're doing is providing a very different experience from the entire meat industry," says...
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Brief from Brussels: Planned farm subsidies are not a "massacre", says EU Commission chief
Brief from Brussels: The EU defends its plan to reduce agriculture subsidies, as the bloc is struggling to fill the gap in the budget following Britain’s exit next year. Another story focuses on the growing rift between member states...
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Maxime Bernier pulls controversial book to keep Conservative Party happy
MP Maximer Bernier has pulled his controversial forthcoming book after fellow members of the Conservative Party criticized a chapter claiming party leader Andrew Scheer won the leadership vote because of 'fake Conservatives.'
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The Company Helping Farmers Turn a Profit
The Farmers Business Network allows the agriculture industry to share data on everything from the price of fertilizer to which seeds grow best, says CEO Amol Deshpande.
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Rep. McGovern: New Farm Bill Will Impact the Most Vulnerable Americans
The Agriculture Department's proposed bill will kick millions of people off of benefits and take free breakfast and lunches away from hundreds of thousands of kids, says the Democrat from Massachusetts. The new Farm Bill, put forward by...
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Violent clashes broke out with 300 protestors and police near Nantes
Violent clashes erupted again at farmland near Nantes between around 300 demonstrators and police. Tear gas and grenades were used. The gendarmes were stopping those who wanted to try to rebuild a camp which was destroyed by 2500 police...
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Violent clashes break out with 300 protestors and police near Nantes
Violent clashes have erupted again on farmland near Nantes between around 300 demonstrators and police. Tear gas and grenades were used. The gendarmes were stopping those who wanted to rebuild a camp which was destroyed by 2,500 police...