The material was actually wheat flour spiked by the chemical melamine and related, nitrogen-rich compounds to make it appear more protein rich than it was, officials said. WASHINGTON Farmed fish have been fed meal spiked with the same chemical that has been linked to the pet food recall, but the contamination was probably too low to harm anyone who ate the fish, federal officials said Tuesday. investigators also have learned that the purported Chinese wheat gluten and a second ingredient,...

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The focus is on irrigation practices and other ways to increase rice production and improve the yields from vegetable gardens. Mulching is taught, along with better planting techniques and how to build fish ponds. Last year, a total of 200 growing projects in the United States -- similar to the Madison-Paoli effort -- raised $2 million in crop sales to support farming programs in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Parishes' planting...

However, the South Korean government intends to use the land for farming in the wake of drought affecting its rice yields in the recent years. Environmentalists have been protesting against the project, ever since the government started constructing a sea wall 15 years ago separating the wetland. They argue that it endangers the wildlife besides displacing more than 25,000 people belonging to the fishing communities. As a result of the wall, which was completed last year, the size of the...

Rice planting banned near Beijing AFP RSS Feeds. SMS SPO to 8888 for latest updates BEIJING, May 9: Rice farmers have been told to stop growing China's staple crop in areas near Beijing to ensure the water supply for next year's Olympic Games, officials said on Wednesday. Rice planting banned near Beijing AFP RSS Feeds. SMS SPO to 8888 for latest updates BEIJING, May 9: Rice farmers have been told to stop growing China's staple crop in areas near Beijing to ensure the water supply for next...