Culture Egypt issues anti-pollution fatwa AFP November 5, 2007 CAIRO-- The Egyptian authorities have issued a religious edict or fatwa banning farmers from burning rice stubble, an annual event that is partly responsible for causing a black cloud of pollution over Cairo. Egypt issues anti-pollution fatwa - Culture - Middle East Times advertisement. Culture Egypt issues anti-pollution fatwa AFP November 5, 2007 CAIRO-- The Egyptian authorities have issued a religious edict or fatwa banning...

Fertilizer regulations worry ag industry. The seller must see the buyer's photo identification and file away a record of the transaction, much as in purchases of some over-the-counter medication. The state law has much in common with a federal proposal in the works that is tougher in some regards, and that Pelzel isn't exactly crazy about, either. A new Texas law regulates the sale and use of fertilizer with at least 28 percent of its weight coming from nitrogen in an ammonium nitrate...

ABERDEEN - More farmers are looking at cost-effective ways to apply fertilizer because fertilizer costs have skyrocketed in the past year, according to agronomy experts. Christopherson said he's noticed a little more demand for precision applications that put fertilizer directly in the soil rather than on top where it's at risk of being lost by evaporation or run-off. Hier said Wheat Growers has seen a big push this fall for soil testing and zone management, which allows farmers to use...

Nurun Nabi Fertiliser crisis has been taking a serious turn in the country for last few months, signalling shortfall in the food production during the fiscal 2007-08. Farmers all over the country have been crying for fertilisers as appear from the news published in different national dailies. Good quality of seeds, timely irrigation and use of fertilisers in time may give expected production, otherwise the country may be pitched into food crisis. As such, it is necessary to remove...

American agriculture directly accounts for 17 percent of our energy use, or the equivalent of 400 gallons of oil consumed by every man, woman and child per year, according to 1994 statistics. What sustainable agriculture advocates call "organic farming practices" was simply the right way to do it for many centuries. He won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1918 for "improving agriculture" through his invention of nitrate fertilizer. These massive gains in food production can be credited to...

A forensic chemist from the university developed a chemical spray that is able to detect recent contact with urea nitrate - the easily attainable chemical used in most bombs produced in the Palestinian Authority. The chemical test reacts with even the smallest amounts of urea nitrate, turning the surface bright red. The system detects such toxins as anthrax and botulism in both water and air and can be deployed in public places like mass-transit systems, shopping malls and sports stadiums....