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ESG First Fund, managed by Aavishkaar Capital, an Aavishkaar Group company and set up in partnership with KfW, a German state-owned development bank, has announced its first investment of ₹16 crore ($1.95 million) from the ESG First Fund…

The worst of the bird flu epidemic on Canadian poultry farms seems to be over, but the highly contagious and deadly disease continues to spread among wild birds and farmers are worried spring and fall migrations will bring further…

Farmers who keep their chickens outdoors may want to watch the weather. A study of chicken farms in the West found that high winds increased the prevalence of Campylobacter in outdoor flocks, a bacterial pathogen in poultry that is the…

Growing commercial crops on solar farms can both increase commercial food production and improve solar panel performance and longevity, according to new Cornell University research published in the journal Applied Energy. "We now have, for…

Last Updated: February 27, 2023, 13:41 ISTPolice detain climate activist Greta Thunberg during a protest against the expansion of the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine of Germany's utility RWE to Luetzerath, in Germany (image: Reuters)The…

A federal decision to shut down 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms around B.C.'s Discovery Islands is being lauded as a win for protecting wild salmon, and a significant blow to the fish-farm industry — all while reigniting a decades-old…

Have you ever visited a farm and experienced the joy of picking fresh organic vegetables from the farmer next door? If not, then you should make it a point to experience it at least once. Delhi is known for its bustling city life, but many…

HALF MOON BAY (CALIFORNIA): An agricultural worker killed seven people in back-to-back shootingsat two mushroom farms that had employed him in Northern California and the massacre is believed to be a "workplace violence incident,"…

A government study claims fish farms aren't solely to blame for the growing prevalence of sea lice among wild salmon along the B.C. coast.The Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) report, based on data provided by fish farm operators, claims…

The water-filtering abilities of farmed kelp could help reduce marine pollution in coastal areas, according to a new University of Alaska Fairbanks-led study. The paper, published in the January issue of Aquaculture Journal, analyzed carbon…