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Farm to fork traceability for the fruit sector
In less than a month new EU food hygiene regulations will come into effect, forcing farmers, processors and distributors to definitively implement farm to fork traceability. E-FRUITRACE has validated a Europe-wide Internet-based solution for the fruit sector.   view more (2004-12-07)

Institutional reform and education central in Turkish agrifood pre-accession strategy
Turkish accession to the EU requires extensive and well focussed programmes to prepare the Turkish agrifood industry and the rural population for entry into the European single market. This is one of the findings of a report on the consequences for agriculture, food, rural areas and structural... view more (2004-12-03)

State of the art monitoring technologies for EU agriculture
Today, the first ever Conference on Control with Remote Sensing (CwRS) of Area-based Subsidies held in a New Member State takes place in Budapest, Hungary. Marking the 10th anniversary of the founding of the system and the 10th such Conference, it brings together a record number of 300... view more (2004-11-25)

Shipworm threatens marine archeological remains in the Baltic
Shipworm has spread to the Baltic Sea. If it continues to spread, it threatens to destroy still well-preserved and irreplaceable shipwrecks and other marine archeological remains along the coast of Sweden, according to Carl Olof Cederlund, professor of marine archeology at Södertörn... view more (2004-11-24)

Green manure and fodder crops accepted in Tanzanian banana cultivation
Plantains, otherwise known as cooking bananas, are an important food crop in Tanzania and require fertile soil for a good harvest. For around four centuries now, banana-growing land has been enriched by supplements of manure from cattle grazing on nearby pastures. The strongly increasing population... view more (2004-11-12)

Cerebrospinal Fluid Restores Vision
A new method for visual impairment treatment has been discovered by researchers of the Institute of Human Brain, Russian Academy of Sciences. The patients suffering from visual impairment can be helped if a healthy donor's cerebrospinal fluid is introduced to the parent's vertebral canal - this... view more (2004-11-01)

Organic farming better for wildlife
A joint English Nature and RSPB scientific review comparing evidence about wildlife on organic and equivalent non-organic farms has concluded that organic farms are better for wildlife.   view more (2004-10-05)

A single gene makes the chicken a victim
Feather pecking is a common and serious behavioural disorder in laying hens around the world. The chickens peck and pull the feathers of their victims, and this may lead to cannibalism. Now a group of researchers under the lead of Per Jensen, Professor of ethology at Linköping University have... view more (2004-10-04)

Threatened bumble bee populations studied in Southampton
Work is underway by researchers at the University of Southampton's School of Biological Sciences to help halt the decline in bumble bees.   view more (2004-09-14)

Can we identify escaped salmon by means of their DNA?
Escaped salmon are a problem for the fish-farming industry. Is it possible to identify the fish-farm from which salmon have escaped by testing a sample of their DNA? Scientists at the Institute of Marine Research in Bergen have been looking into the prospects of doing so.   view more (2004-08-31)

XIVth International Colloquium on Soil Zoology and Ecology
Soils provide humans with a whole range of irreplaceable ecosystem services the production and maintenance of which are largely dependent on the actions of the animal communities which inhabit them. Apart from the substantial agricultural production made necessary by humanity's demand for food,... view more (2004-08-30)

Antibiotic resistance in farm animals
Pigs and other farm animals are harbouring major reservoirs of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to research presented today (Wednesday, 08 September 2004) at the Society for General Microbiology's 155th Meeting in Trinity College Dublin, by researchers from the University of Leeds.   view more (2004-08-23)

Media Invitation: British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Lancaster University, 7-9 September 2004
You are invited to attend the UK's premier ecological event, the British Ecological Society's Annual Meeting, being held at Lancaster University on 7-9 September 2004. Thousands of ecologists from all four corners of the globe will be attending the meeting, which features hundreds of scientific... view more (2004-08-17)

Linking Climate, Water and Civilisation in the Middle East and North Africa
A novel and exciting study that will provide new insights into the key relationships between climate, water availability and human activities in the semi-arid regions of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is getting under way at the University of Reading. The research will help shape our... view more (2004-08-06)

Does a producer benefit from research?
ISAE Helsinki 2004 Information bulletin August 4, 2004 Does a producer benefit from research? In the view of professor Per Jensen, an ethologist at Linköping University in Sweden and one of the world's leading experts on animal behaviour, Nordic animal welfare research is of a high standard... view more (2004-08-04)

State of the art monitoring technologies: reducing irregularities in EU agricultural funding
Using innovative Geographic information system (GIS) technology and land parcel identification systems (LPIS), the European Commission is playing a key role in preventing agricultural subsidy irregularities. Through better monitoring of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms, the Commission is... view more (2004-07-20)

AIDS And Tomatoes
Scientists from Novosibirsk are currently creating a pleasant and harmless vaccine - an edible one. So far, they managed to incorporate the protein gene - HIV antigen in tomatoes. The research is supported by International Science and Technology Center (ISTC). All patients would be overjoyed to get... view more (2004-07-19)

Faster Test For Checking The Efficiency Of The Paints Used As Protection Against Corrosion In The Automotive Industry
Researchers from the Area of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Spain, have devised a quicker method to evaluate the systems used in the automotive industry to protect the metal chassis of vehicles against corrosion. This new technique allows the time... view more (2004-07-14)

School in Tunisia at the hub of major socio-economic and cultural issues
The level of schooling of children in Tunisia has been growing continually since the 1960s, reaching 91% in 2000 for 6-12 year-olds. Standardization of a diversity of education systems in 1958 after Independence, substantial State investment in education, the generalization of education and... view more (2004-06-30)

UK joins world treaty to share vital plant resources
Vital food crops will be protected worldwide under a new international agreement which comes into force today. The UK is one of more than 50 countries committed to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, which aims to improve food security and promote... view more (2004-06-29)

Researchers at the University Jaume I put environmentally-friendly refrigerants to the test
Keeping food cool in the fridge or switching on the air conditioning at the office can be costly for the environment. The gases that have been used up till now for refrigeration (mainly the so-called HCFCs, such as R22) contain high proportions of chlorine, one of the elements responsible for the... view more (2004-06-28)

"Plants For The Future": A European Vision For Plant Biotechnology Towards 2025
Today, the "Plants for the Future" European Technology Platform on plant genomics and biotechnology, launches a new era for plant biotechnology in Europe. This long term vision for 2025 has been created by leading representatives from research (such as EPSO, the European Plant Science... view more (2004-06-23)

Newcastle Leads Pan-European Organic Food Project
Newcastle University is leading a new £12m. project which is investigating why the taste and nutritional value of our food is decreasing and how and why organic farming can be a solution to these problems. The project includes 31 partners from across Europe and is funded by the European... view more (2004-06-18)

Fundamental Research About Russian Political Ideology And Mythology
On the 24th of June, 2004, one of the most revered icons in Russian Orthodoxy, the Icon of the Virgin of Tikhvin, will return to the place where, according to the legend, it miraculously appeared in 1383 and where it was worshipped till 1941, when its intricate way to Germany and then to the United... view more (2004-06-16)

The deactivation of two genes could be the cause of Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease could be caused by the deactivation of what are known as "presenilin genes". Using mice as a model for the study of Alzheimer's in humans, a scientific team headed by the researcher Carlos Saura, from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, has discovered that... view more (2004-06-01)
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