Biology
Why desert grasshoppers can not kill?
After devastating crops in East Africa and the Middle East, grasshopper clouds continued to move to many areas, forcing many aircraft to change direction.
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Biology
Grasshopper epidemic spread to South Sudan
The first grasshoppers have flocked to South Sudan, threatening the food security of one of the nations
Biology
FAO warned about the virus Tilapia Lake
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has issued a warning about TiLV virus.
Biology
Grasshoppers are anxious in Africa
Grasshoppers, insects have the ability to fly far away in the herd and destroy trees on a large scale, appearing for the first time in years in southwestern Libya and so…
Scientific application
Green agriculture in Africa
West Africa started the project launched by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), building an agriculture with a diverse product.
Environment
A quarter of the world is degenerating
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) yesterday affirmed that 25% of the world's land area is seriously degraded.
Environment
10 million Africans are at risk of drought
The UN has just warned: nearly 10 million people in the Horn of Africa in East Africa are facing a humanitarian emergency because the region struggles with the worst dro…
Environment
Protection of tropical forests: three main obstacles
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in 2005 the earth had only 4 billion hectares of forest, covering 31% of the area. About…
Environment
FAO promotes reducing climate change impacts
On February 15, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) began a program to reduce climate change impacts of global agriculture with financial support…
Environment
Africa has enough land to feed the world
The world population continues to increase day by day but the shortage of food production land is unlikely, because humanity still has billions of hectares of unexploite…
Environment
Every day the world loses 20,000 hectares of forest
VNA reporter at the United Nations led the report of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said that the use of arsenic-contaminated groundwater in agriculture…
Environment
Cattle cause more environmental pollution than cars
The livestock industry generates more greenhouse gas emissions than transport. Livestock is also one of the main factors causing agricultural land degradation and water…
Environment
Global deforestation is still at an alarming rate
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said on November 14 that global deforestation is decreasing, but the forest is still disappearing at an…
Science Events
FAO approved a plan to protect plant genetic resources
On December 1, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) adopted a new global plan to conserve and sustainably use plant genetic resources for ag…
Science Events
Keeping food security during the economic crisis
Every October 16, the World Food Day is chosen, which aims to raise people's awareness of the fight against poverty around the world.