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Reduce thirst for electricity with coconut
US researchers believe that the parts that humans are not using in coconut and mangoes can generate a large amount of electricity for rural communities in South Asia and…
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The Mekong Delta provinces are penetrated by saltwater 70km deep
According to Southern Institute of Water Resources Research, from mid to late March 2012, saline water with salinity of 0.1 ‰ will penetrate 70km deep in the Mekong Delt…
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Central America suffered from many natural disasters
The report of the United Nations Commission on Regional Economy of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) announced on March 12 said that the number of natural disaster…
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43% of greenhouse gases from agricultural activities
Annual emissions from agricultural activities are equivalent to 65 million tons of CO2, accounting for over 43% of the country's greenhouse gas emissions. The main sourc…
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Japan uses agricultural land for renewable energy
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture-Forestry-Fisheries (MAFF) has just finalized a bill aimed at simplifying procedures for concentrating abandoned agricultural land to serv…
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UN warns 21st century environmental challenges
The United Nations on February 13 affirmed that the deteriorating soil condition and increasing number of nuclear reactors are the most urgent environmental problems tod…
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The world's only flooded area is under threat
The world's unique submerged biodiversity area in the Midwestern Brazil, is in serious danger due to high-density agricultural activity and widespread deforestation.
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Turn desert into a soil
Oil has turned Qatar into a rich country with the highest per capita income in the world, but it still cannot afford food self-sufficiency.
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La Nina weather phenomenon has reached its peak
On January 11, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (ABM) evaluated the weather phenomenon La Nina in 2011-2012, culminat…
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Radiation is still in agricultural products after 25 years
Radioactive dust from the explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 still exists in food in northern Ukraine, the Green Peace Organization confirmed yesterd…
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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…
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El Nino is back
Strategic forecasting organization Stratfor identifies the warmer Pacific surface temperatures, indicating the return of El Nino weather.
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Saltwater will feed people in the future
Planting in salt water will become a necessary solution in the effort to cope with the scarcity of food and fresh water on the planet.
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California: Drowning in a drought
On June 12, the governor of California (Arnold), Arnold Schwarzenegger, declared a state of emergency in a fertile valley in the central region, a leading agricultural p…
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Italy: Po River shrinks due to drought
According to Italian scientists, Po River, a large river in northern Italy and playing a strategic role in the economic development of this region, there is a risk of be…