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East Africa must adopt alternative farming techniques to combat the crop losses projected for 2050, a study says.

A farming research centre is set to open in Mozambique with funding, seeds and advice from China.

Pork tapeworm is responsible for almost a third of epileptic fits, researchers say.

Plants genetically engineered to contain antibodies have protected chickens against a parasitic disease.

Crop yields will plummet and millions more children will go hungry unless agricultural practices adapt to climate change, warns a report.

Blood from the African hair sheep has proven an ideal medium for laboratory tests to identify pathogens that cause human disease.

Researchers have called for government measures to cap the spread of an Ebola virus in pigs in the Philippines.

Researchers have found that keeping livestock as well as growing crops will reduce African farmers' vulnerability to climate change.

The sequencing of the cow genome could help in the quest for cattle that are both hardy and productive, say experts.

Most human cases of bird flu in China this year have been from areas with no corresponding outbreaks in birds, puzzling experts.

An Argentinean company has produced a genetically-modified breed of cows that could increase milk production by 20%.

New policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector should take into account the effects on small farms, say scientists.

Southern African livestock farmers will miss out on access to export markets unless international trade restrictions are adjusted.

A round-up of news from or about South Asia for the period 1–15 March 2008.

A round up of news from or about Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 25 February–12 March 2008.

Climate change will cause major agricultural losses in the Middle East and North Africa, warns the UN.

The Colombian Ministry of Agriculture has opened applications to a US$53 million fund for research and innovation in the farming sector.

Latin America and the European Union will create a collaboration programme to fund projects in agricultural biotechnology.

Poor people in Namibia will be greatly affected by the economic impacts of climate change, warns a study.

A round up of news from or about Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 8­–22 November 2007.