UC Santa Cruz chemists have discovered a new way to produce biodiesel from waste oil that both simplifies the process and ...

"Healthy food can be grown much more closely to consumers in places where this is impossible otherwise." Scientists make ...

A recent independent opinion poll organised as part of the Soil Association’s Stop Killing Our Rivers campaign found just 15% ...

Organic banana production is significantly more conducive to microbial decomposition than its chemical-intensive counterparts ...

One of these innovations is direct sowing which allows farmers to sow rice seeds directly into the field thus eliminating the ...

For most of human history, the world’s oceans have been largely free of intensive farming ... harmful when animals are selectively bred or otherwise altered for desired production traits—for instance, ...

Switching pig and chicken production from extensive to intensive production systems ... impacts while simultaneously improving food security.

The Wild Ken Hill estate in west Norfolk is continuing its journey towards more nature-friendly land management by converting ...

A series of botulism cases in Italy and France have raised concerns about food safety. What can people do to avoid the deadly ...

The old saying ‘time is money’ holds true across many industries. However, in food processing, good quality control is money, ...

Over the past ten years, capital-intensive sub-sectors such as electronics, chemicals and machinery within India’s ...

Construction has been a major sector for large-scale job creation in India, accounting for13 per cent of total employment. During the previous construction cycle over 2004-2008,40 per cent of ...