Agricultural and Forestry Science

Agriculture in Kazakhstan: A success story

Kazakhstan extended its cereal acreage by five million hectares in the past ten years, doubled its added value in the grain sector and eradicated rural poverty…

'Magnetic tongue' ready to help produce tastier processed foods

It is a “magnetic tongue” — a method used to “taste” food and identify ingredients that people describe as sweet, bitter, sour, etc. A report on use of the…

Stem Rust-resistant Wheat Landraces Identified

Stem rust occurs worldwide wherever wheat is grown. Over a large area, losses from stem rust can be severe, ranging from 50 to 70 percent, and individual…

Fewer Marten Detections in California Forest Linked to Decline in Habitat

The reclusive American marten is getting even harder to find in the Sierra Nevada, according to a study by a team of researchers from the U.S. Forest Service…

Inequality affects food production in Zimbabwe

Karin Steen has studied the relationship between men, women, land and labour from a gender perspective. Women do not really have a right to land, but through…

Farmland floods do not raise levels of potentially harmful flame retardants in milk

That's the reassuring message in the latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning “Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions” podcast…

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