カテゴリー: Agriculture
The nation’s scientists are racing to find ways to reduce the release of methane from cows and sheep, which accounts for one third of all emissionsIt is not exactly glamorous work. Measuring sheep farts is smelly, time consuming and expensive.But for D…
‘Global first’ project will help tackle climate change by lowering agricultural greenhouse gasesThe New Zealand livestock industry has begun a “global first” genetic program that would help to tackle climate change by breeding low methane-emitting shee…
Poor north Indian farmers think they are scapegoats for a wider problemThe pounding beats of bhangra music blare out of Satish’s tractor as it roars across the charred, black earth of his farm. Fresh seeds are scattered in its wake. Yet hanging thick i…
Infected pigs found in two towns near capital Manila, as country becomes latest to be hit by diseaseThe Philippines has reported its first cases of African swine fever, becoming the latest country hit by the disease that has killed pigs from Slovakia t…