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Surprisingly few ‘busy bees’ make global crops grow

Conservation of wild pollinators can’t be based on economics alone

By University Of Vermont June 22, 2015

A major international study published in Nature Communications, suggests that only two per cent of wild bee species pollinate 80 per cent of bee-pollinated crops worldwide. The study is one of the largest on bee pollination to date. While agricultural development and pesticides have been shown to produce sharp declines in many wild bee populations,

A sample of Aegilops tauschii, a wild relative of wheat, collected in Afghanistan. It has natural resistance to the Hessian fly, a major pest of cereals worldwide. Photo: USDA/ARS

Cereals, Did you know?

Conflicts threaten plant genetic resources

Highest concentration of important wild crop relatives  is in Syria and Lebanon

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 18, 2014

Future crop-breeding improvements could be hampered by conflict in the world’s war zones, say researchers from the University of Birmingham in the U.K. Many of today’s most important crops evolved from wild ancestors in the “Fertile Crescent” of the Middle East, arcing around the Arabian desert from Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and ending

Forages, Livestock, News

Family key to ranching success

By Daniel Winters February 15, 2012

Cattle prices are up, but for ranching families, the cost of not getting along with each other has stayed the same. Of the three fundamental principles of holistic management, “caring for your people” comes first, followed by “improving the land” and “making a profit,” says Don Campbell, a Saskatchewan rancher who teaches holistic management, which

News

KAP, WRAP And APAS Deliver Election Wish List

By Ron Friesen April 21, 2011

Bread-and-butter issues for Prairie farmers top provincial farm associations’ election priorities as the federal campaign nears the home stretch. Keystone Agricultural Producers, Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan and Wild Rose Agricultural Producers last week listed four main issues they want the newly elected government to focus on after the May 2 election. The priorities emerged

Cereals, Crops, News

Facing Climate Threat, Crop Gene Sharing Evermore Urgent

By David Fogarty March 24, 2011

Nations need to speed up the sharing of genetic material from crops if the world is to have any chance of feeding itself in a future with more extreme droughts, floods and storms, a senior UN official said. Scientists say new varieties of wheat, rice, corn and other staples will be needed to cope with

Livestock

Changing Your Paradigm To Change Your Life

By Alexis Kienlen February 17, 2011

The road to higher profits starts with changing the way you see your operation, according to Don Campbell, a Saskatchewan rancher and longtime advocate of holistic management. “Holistic management has made a big difference in my life and that’s why I teach and consult, because I want people to have a better life,” the Meadow

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AMM Lends Support For Ecological Goods And Services Program

By Lorraine Stevenson December 9, 2010

Manitoba municipalities have put their support solidly behind an ecological goods and services program that would pay farmers to protect natural lands. At their November convention leaders backed a resolution in support of seeing what’s known as the ecological goods and services program, rolled out by KAP back in 1999, implemented province-wide. The resolution came

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Call It A DNA Digital Dewey Decimal System For All Life On Earth

November 25, 2010

Every species, from extinct to thriving, is set to get its own DNA bar code in an attempt to better track the ones that are endangered, as well as those being shipped across international borders as food or consumer products. The International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL), touted as the world’s first reference library of

Crops

Agriculture Called Key To Protecting Biodiversity

By Ron Friesen November 11, 2010

An international accord to protect the world’s endangered species highlights the need for environmental goods and services programs for farmers, a Canadian farm leader says. Farmers can do a lot to protect nature if given the tools to do it, said Ron Bonnett, Canadian Federation of Agriculture president. So producers should not be left out

Crops

Food Security Risk If Crop Biodiversity Lost

November 4, 2010

Future global food security may be at risk unless greater efforts are made to conserve and use the genetic diversity of cultivated crops and their wild relatives, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said. The world’s cereals output needs to rise by one billion tonnes a year by 2050 to feed a population that

Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

U.S. grains: Soy futures top one-week high, US crop outlook limits gains

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures down, hogs rise

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Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

U.S. grains: Soy futures top one-week high, US crop outlook limits gains

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures down, hogs rise

Tag Archives Biodiversity — page 3

Surprisingly few ‘busy bees’ make global crops grow

Conflicts threaten plant genetic resources

Family key to ranching success

KAP, WRAP And APAS Deliver Election Wish List

Facing Climate Threat, Crop Gene Sharing Evermore Urgent

Changing Your Paradigm To Change Your Life

AMM Lends Support For Ecological Goods And Services Program

Call It A DNA Digital Dewey Decimal System For All Life On Earth

Agriculture Called Key To Protecting Biodiversity

Food Security Risk If Crop Biodiversity Lost

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