Food and Agriculture

This may be simplistic, but when an insect is subjected to a battery of pesticides, doesn’t it make sense that their population might suffer? Since 2003 in North America and Europe the tragedy known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has been wiping out bees. In Europe, the EPILOBEE project concludes that yearly colony mortality rates […]

New research shows that pet owners go to the doctor less frequently than their non-pet-owning peers, according to the Human-Animal Bond Research Initiative. The economic analysis, conducted by researchers at George Mason University, calculated more than $11 billion in savings in U.S. health care costs as a result of pet ownership. The biggest savings was

Plant some trees to save a town from flooding. The many regions in Pakistan are under the threat of flash floods. The report was published in the “Guardian” and now we are sharing it with you. Plant some trees to save a town from flooding… Source: The Guardian

The Black Country long ago secured its place in the nation’s history as one of the catalysts of Britain’s industrial revolution. If it involved metal, the chances were that somewhere along the production line this sprawling, the soot-stained stretch of the West Midlands, boasting an abundance of canals, coal mines, forges, factories and warehouses, played

A couple has transformed 300 acres of denuded farmland in Karnataka into what is probably India’s first private wildlife sanctuary. Read complete story here; Love for Nature

Dear Agrarians, We are happy to inform you that Punjab Public Service Commission Pakistan has announced new posts in Agriculture Department. Please, follow the given link. Good Luck! Agriculture Jobs – Punjab Public Service Commission Pakistan

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By;  Brandon Willis, Risk Management Agency Administrator Farming is in my blood, and I’m proud of that. I grew up on my family’s sheep ranch in northern Utah and managed our raspberry farm before coming to USDA. For the past three years, as Administrator for the Department’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), I’ve sat across the table

An interesting FAO GLOBEFISH study, GLOBEFISH report: The role of women in the seafood industry was released last May. Women are essential contributors to the seafood industry, including primary activities, secondary industries and service related to fisheries and aquaculture. At the global scale, estimates illustrate that every one seafood worker out of two is a

Leafy, tree-lined streets aren’t just good for property values; they may also be good for your health, according to a new report. After analyzing two sets of data from the city of Toronto, researchers report that adding just 10 trees to a single city block could improve how healthy a person feels as much as