WN Network World Farming
World Farming
Search the World News Network
Advanced Search

 
RELATED SITES
BOOKMARK THIS PAGE!
MAKE THIS PAGE YOUR HOMEPAGE!
WN TOOLBAR!
Breaking News Fri, 18 May 2012
File - Drought and Rising Food Prices in Niger: A local man takes advantage of the World Food Programme (WFP)s food-and-cash for work programme in the village of Dan Kada, Maradai Region, Niger.
Africa   Aid   Photos   US   Wikipedia: United States Agency for International Development  
 BBC News 
US to announce food security plan for Africa
US President Barack Obama is set to announce a $3bn (ÂŁ1.9bn) plan to boost food security and farm productivity in Africa, US officials say. | They say the initiative is aimed at alleviating shortages... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan)
A cow milk bag of 1 litter - dairy product - healthy food
Dairy   Farmer   Food   Health   Photos   Wikipedia: Milking  
 Otago Daily Times 
Mechanical milking may be more trouble than triumph
Milking time: A scene in the daily round of a dairy farmer's life. - Otago Witness, 15.5.1912. | The indictment which is brought against milking machines constitutes an interesting and, we are impelle... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Green leafy vegetable - radish - healthy food  my SA 
Healthy eating can cost less
| WASHINGTON — Is it really more expensive to eat healthy? | An Agriculture Department study released Wednesday found that most fruits, vegetables and other healthy foods cost less than foods high i... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Agriculture   Fruits   Photos   Vegetable   Wikipedia: Healthy eating pyramid  
onion and other crops in the farm - Field diversity - agriculture  Business Day 
Field diversity promises higher crop yields
| AN INNOVATIVE way of farming, involving the cultivation of a variety of crops in a single field to avoid using pesticides, is helping small-scale fruit farmers in the Eastern Cape to dramatically bo... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Crop   Farming   Fruit   Photos   Wikipedia: Agriculture  
Top Stories
A honey bee in the flower sucking the honey from the flower - insect - nature The Examiner
A Possible Cause of Colony Collapse Disorder in Honey Bees
| The phenomenon of colony collapse disorder (CCD) in honey bees is a recent one that has plagued honey bee populations in North America.  CCD is a recent condition  th... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
America   Crop   Farming   Photos   Wikipedia: Honey bee  
A lady selling food.   Une dame en train de vendre la nouriture . Togo and Africa The Star
Africa must end hunger to sustain growth - U.N
| NAIROBI, May 15 (AlertNet) - Africa needs to boost agricultural productivity and address the debilitating hunger that affects 27 percent of its population if it is to s... (photo: WN / Eteh)
Africa   Development   Food   Photos   Wikipedia: Africa  
The Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Sharad Pawar . The Times Of India
Government plans to reduce subsidy on fertilisers: Sharad Pawar
Tweet NEW DELHI: Concerned over the adverse impact of fertilisers on soil and crops, government plans to reduce subsidy on it and divert funds to organic manures, bio- fe... (photo: PIB of India)
Agriculture   Delhi   Economy   Photos   Wikipedia: Sharad Pawar  
Picking strawberries arranged in a basket for sale - fruit The Examiner
It's strawberry picking time!
| It's that time of year again, time to pick, buy and of course eat those delicious strawberries! There are farms all over Texas that invite visitors to pick their own fr... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Farm   Fruit   Photos   Texas   Wikipedia: Garden strawberry  
Farm land - agricultural land - soil Chicago Tribune
Farm pollution
The May 7 online editorial "Congress should reign in crop insurance" noted that the Senate's farm bill does not require land-stewardship practices in exchange for crop in... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Farm   Online   Photos   Pollution   Wikipedia: Pollution  
An agricultural land - maize crop and other crop in the farm - farming Huffington Post
National Cooperative Soil Survey Finished In Mississippi After 114 Years
| STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — After 114 years, Mississippi State University and other agencies have completed an acre-by-acre map of Mississippi's soils — more than 30 m... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Agriculture   Mississippi   Photos   Soil   Wikipedia: Soil survey  
Kudzu field Treehugger
5 Invasive Plants You Can Eat
| The logic of eating wild plants is obvious; the logic of eating invasive wild plants is even more so. Culling aggressive species that have a negative impact on native p... (photo: Creative Commons)
Agriculture   Food   Photos   Wikipedia: Kudzu   Wildlife  
Chief minister of Indian state Maharashtra Prithviraj Chavan DNA India
Prithviraj Chavan goes hot on irrigation fund trail
| Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has directed the Ministry of Water Resources officials to compile a list of the irrigation projects undertaken and funds invested in th... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Fund   Maharashtra   Photos   Water   Wikipedia: Irrigation  
Bird Flu Mad Cow Disease
- Peru Warns Against Beaches After Bird Deaths
- No One Knows Why Thousands Of Dead Birds Washed Up On Peru&#
- Bird deaths trigger health alert in Peru
- Peru warns against beaches due to bird deaths
A bird hen picking food grains in the home backyard
Bird flu can spread in mammals, study finds
more
- Mad cow quarantines lifted at 2 California dairies
- Researcher apologizes for study of gay therapy
- Mad cow quarantines lifted at 2 California dairies
- Review so far shows mad cow case was atypical
Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE)
Don't see upside in buying Nifty or BSE 100: Saurabh Mukherjea, Ambit Capital
more
Farm Subsidy Farmers
- Australian farmers hope economic crisis will lead to subsidy
- Zuma: Nedlac looking at youth subsidy
- Zuma: Nedlac looking at youth subsidy
- Shortfall in subsidy compensation hits power utility
The Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Sharad Pawar .
Government plans to reduce subsidy on fertilisers: Sharad Pawar
more
- Plagued by limited power supply, farmers keep off green manu
- American Realty Advisors buy luxe Farmers Branch apartment c
- Houston-area farmers markets
- Farmers Market open every Thursday
Kashmiri Muslims cross the Dal Lake on a Shikara boat during a heavy downpour in Srinagar 07, December 2011. Montain areas experinced snowfall while plains were rushed by rains intensifying cold wave in kashmir valley.
Rains add to the woes of Kashmiri farmers
more
Market Organic Farming
- U.S. agriculture companies set millions for Africa
- Houston-area farmers markets
- Corporate social marketing and capitalism - a contradiction
- U.S. stocks mixed amid euro concerns, Facebook IPO
Strawberry fruit India
Healthy strawberry dessert recipes and strawberry farms locations
more
- Organic Pastures Dairy quarantine lifted
- >Organic Farming Inspires Gaming’s Latest Kickstarter
- A guide to penny-wise organic food shopping
- Organic pantry swap advice from green-lifestyle TV host Sara
A red apple in a tree. Most red foods derive from one of two sources. Plants like apples, strawberries, cherries, tomatoes, peppers and pomegranates are often colored by forms of carotenoids, red pigments that were originally developed to assist photosynthesis.
Apples growers go organic as commercial and home pesticide use drops
more
Livestock Crops and Soil
- Procured paddy allowed to rot, auctioned for cattle feed
- National Trust Releases 'What's Your Beef?' Repo
- Biratnagar airport security beefed up
- 2 SC companies announce ground beef recall
Hens in the backyard on the farm - chicken - poultry - India
US takes India to WTO over poultry import bar
more
- Shape up for the crop top
- 'Symphony Of The Soil': New Documentary Connects Soi
- Olympic Flame Touches Down On British Soil
- Olympic Flame Touches Down On British Soil
Coffee bean -Kerala-India.
Coffee farmers get fertiliser to increase crop production
more