What EU budget negotiations mean for more sustainable and agroecological farming  The European Commission has proposed major ...

Text of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, as signed in Paris, 2 December 1961.

As the European Union (EU) looks for ways to cut its agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and manage its energy transition, biogas and with it biomethane has gained renewed traction.

May 22, 2000 / The Edmonton Journal / Opinion / Editorial The last thing Canadian farmers needed, according to this editorial, was to set off more hysteria in Britain over genetically modified food.

THE HINDU / August 21, 1998 / Pg. 10, Col. D. / By Chennai "Historic evidence shows that Basmati is a distinctive cultivar developed by the farmers of India and Pakistan at least 250 years ago, and ...

In what has been described as its most important vote this year, the U.S. Congress will soon decide whether to provide permanent normal trade relations to China. A vote is required because, after 14 ...

Should China be fully immersed into the corporatized global economy? The debate over whether the U.S. Congress should grant Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status is about many things, but ...

In an open letter to the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPs), the Rural Advancement Fund International (RAFI) charges it has documented ...

February 28, 2000 / By SCOTT KILMAN, Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL MANCHESTER, Iowa -- For most of his 60 years, Francis Childs tended a farm here in obscurity. But this winter, his fellow ...

A La Plata County landowner and a Bayfield logger will be recognized for their sustainable forestry practices. On Friday, Brunhilde "Bruni" Bradley and Eric Husted will receive awards from the San ...

NEW YORK - The New York Siting Board approved independent power producer Mirant Corp.'s application to build a large power plant along the Hudson River north of New York City, the board said in a ...