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Symposium on fisheries

Originally Published by Express Buzz News

The Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, in association with the Indian Society of Fisheries Technologists, Kochi, will be hosting the international symposium on Remote Sensing and Fisheries.

Posted on February 18th, 2010
Agriculture, Biodiversity, Oceans

Fluffy lambs, meat and hypocrisy

Originally Published by The Guardian | guardian.co.uk

Posted on February 16th, 2010
Agriculture, Would You Believe?

Europe Leans Toward Bluefin Trade Ban

Originally Published by NY Times

Posted on February 9th, 2010
Agriculture, Biodiversity, Politics

Agriculture and Food Availability
Remote Sensing of Agriculture for Food Security Monitoring in the Developing World

For one-sixth of the world’s population – roughly 1 billion children, women and men – growing, buying or receiving adequate, affordable food to eat is a daily uncertainty. The World Monetary Fund reports that food prices worldwide increased 43 percent in 2007-2008, and unpredictable growing conditions make subsistence farming, on which many depend, a risky business. Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are part of a network of both private and government institutions that monitor food security in many of the poorest nations in the world.