With the developed countries slashing grants for rice research, Asian governments will have to step in with funds to prevent collapse of the rice recearch network and maintain food security, the Asia

In a meat market in the southern Tokyo suburb of Kamata, a large yellow banner announced the arrival of a special product : "Cloned Beef - Experimental Sale." In a test of how Japanese consumers

A farmer once imported a million fruit cuttings into Bhutan with no knowledge of the high risks involved. The implications of importing new crop diseases into the country are only now being

The European Union should push for a change in international trade to ensure it can maintain its ban on hormone-treated beef, Kalevi Hemila, farm minister of Finland, said. Mr Hemila, whose country

Ministers from 21 Pacific Rim economies backed the launch this year of a three-year world trade liberalisation round and agreed to press for the abolition of agricultural export subsidies. Foreign

A Prolonged drought across much of Brazil's coffee belt, only now being relieved by spring showers, will certainly have caused losses to the 1999-2000 crop, leading co-operative Cooxupe said.

A list of 30 foods that must be identified as containing genetically engineered ingredient was released Tuesday by Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Labeling standards for the

FAO: Nearly 10 million people in sub-Saharan Africa need emergency food assistance, according to a report released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.(FAO).In Somalia alone, one million

The head of the Americna Farm Bureau Federation has said Europe's reaction to genetically modified (GM) foods has been irrational said and that no rules should be considered to restrict their use in

Healthier human eating habits and demand for lean meat is causing anorexia in pigs, New Scientist magazine said. Thin sow syndrome, as the condition is known in pigs, is increasing

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