Tweaking plants’ bio-clock can revolutionise food output
September 4th, 2011 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 4 (IANS) Tweaking the biological clock of plants could make global food shortages a thing of the past.
"Farmers are limited by the seasons, but by understanding the ... Read more...
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Turn veggie to save the world, say Pachauri and McCartney
November 29th, 2008 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 29 (ANI): Nobel Prize-winning Indian scientist Rajendra Pachauri and musician Sir Paul McCartney have teamed up to urge people to become vegetarian to save the planet from the greenhouse ... Read more...
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Prince Charles condemned for blaming genetically modified crops for global warming
August 14th, 2008 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 14 (ANI): Scientists have condemned Charles, the Prince of Wales, for blaming genetically modified (GM) crops for global warming, and have called him shockingly ill-informed and negative.According to a ... Read more...
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Taking cue from India, Sri Lanka asks ministers to curtail foreign trips (Lead)
June 17th, 2008 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, June 17 (IANS) Perhaps taking a cue from neighbouring India, Sri Lanka Tuesday asked its ministers to curtail foreign trips and slashed the monthly monetary allocations to all the ... Read more...
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Brits throw away PS10bn of edible food every year
May 8th, 2008 - 7:45 pm ICT by admin
London , May 8 (ANI): Shocking as it may seem, but every year Britons throw away edible foodstuff worth a whopping 10 billion pounds, a survey has revealed.The Waste and Resources ... Read more...
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