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Future Farming: Plant Fibres and Non-Food Crops

The future of European farming could be plant fibres and non-food crops

• 13 mins

GATT and the South Countries

How will GATT affect those making their living from agriculture in the 'south countries'?

• 13 mins

The Global Rice Bowl

Redesigning the rice plant to help feed 4-5 billion people in the next decade

• 13 mins

Bigger and Better Tilapia Fish

Tilapia fish are now being selectively bred to increase productivity

• 13 mins

Soil Erosion: Everyone's Problem

Soil erosion affects 900 million farmers in 115 countries

• 13 mins

Combating Desertification

The loss of huge amounts of topsoil is turning farmland to desert worldwide

• 13 mins

Farming after the Rwandan Civil War

Collecting bean seed and food to help farmers back to the land after the Rwandan civil war

• 13 mins

Farming a Saharan Oasis

How does an oasis really work and what's the best way to farm there?

• 14 mins

Africa and Agricultural Reform

Why rural development programmes throughout Africa have failed

• 13 mins

The Power of Vegetables

What makes up a balanced diet - and why are vegetables so important?

• 13 mins

Vietnam: Rice Producer

Vietnam is now the third largest exporter of rice but farmers must also feed themselves

• 13 mins

Gambia's President Opens the Royal Agricultural Show

Sir Dawda Jawara, President of the Gambia, opens the Royal Agricultural Show in the UK

• 14 mins

Poultry and Science at the Royal Agricultural Show

Latest farming developments, crops and poultry at the Royal Agricultural Show

• 14 mins

Global Cereal Harvest Will Not Be Enough

Why an increase of 3% in the global cereal harvest is not enough to alleviate famine

• 13 mins

Radical Guide to the World Food System

First understand the system and then the necessary changes become obvious, says author

• 14 mins

Agricultural Cost of War in Rwanda

Crops with no one to harvest them, lost varieties of staple foods - the legacy of war

• 13 mins

Camels for the Nomads of Northern Kenya

Farm-Africa's camel team travels with the nomadic pasturalists in Northern Kenya

• 13 mins

Saving the Soil of Guatemala

Solving problems of soil erosion and irrigation in Guatemala

• 14 mins

An End to Endoparasites?

Ways of eradicating livestock endoparasites in African countries with no access to drugs

• 13 mins

Can the Cassava Mosaic Virus Be Stopped?

The cassava mosaic virus is causing crop loss and food shortages in eastern Africa

• 13 mins

Africa's Food Crisis

'Political stabilities are not built on empty stomachs,' says Norman Borlaug

• 13 mins

Will Fish Farming Succeed in Africa?

Can fish farms make up the shortfall of fish in Africa?

• 13 mins

Carbon Capture in Colombia

How carbon dioxide is being "captured" by new plantings on Colombian savannah

• 13 mins

Albania's Farming Revolution

From state farms to independent farmers, Albania's agricultural revolution of the 1990s

• 13 mins

Can Multiple-Crop Canopies Work?

Stopping plants' shade-avoidance response might be the secret of multiple-crop canopies

• 12 mins

Water: Our Most Precious Resource

Water for Life is the theme of UN Food Day this week

• 13 mins

Turkey's GAP Project

Turkey's 22-dam GAP project will generating electricity and provide irrigation

• 14 mins

Nitrogen-Fixing Rice Varieties

New nitrogen-fixing rice varieties mean greater yields with less fertilzers

• 13 mins

Agricultural Scientist Thomas Hargrove Kidnapped in Colombia

CIAT researcher Thomas Hargrove is missing, presumed kidnapped, in Colombia

• 13 mins

Central America's Small-holders

How small-scale farmers struggle to survive in Panama and Costa Rica

• 14 mins