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11/19/2017 / By Russel Davis

Engineers are developing robot farmers that may make widespread pesticide spraying obsolete

Farmers may soon find their work a bit more relaxed as a team of researchers at the Harper Adams University in the U.K. is in the process of developing miniature robots that would help them harvest crops and apply pesticides. According to the researchers, the miniature robots show potential in cutting excessive pesticide use, curbing food waste, and […]

10/25/2017 / By Janine Acero

Contaminated chicken: Government looks at farmers, rather than processing plants, for the blame

Butchers and small-scale farm shops are currently being scrutinized by the Food Standard Agency (FSA) amidst allegations that they are selling chicken contaminated with the food poisoning bacterium Campylobacter, according to a report by The Daily Mail. The FSA has determined 54 percent of chicken sold on High Street (a primary business street market in the […]

08/30/2017 / By Russel Davis

Third World farmers are committing suicide by consuming toxic pesticides

Neither using a secured storage nor implementing stricter pesticide access were effective in stemming chemical-related self-poisoning and suicide in rural Asia, two studies revealed. The use of pesticides as an act of self-poisoning remains to be one of the three leading means of suicide worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported. According to the WHO, this accounts […]

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