The Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture has been awarded a second Food for Progress project in Guatemala to help that country further develop its agricultural capacity and improve the income and quality of life for its farmers.

The beginning of a new school year can be nerve-wracking to anyone new – new students, new teachers and new staff – and administrators are no different, as Goshen County School District’s two new principals discovered on Wednesday.

Next week US Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer plans to take a three-pronged strategy to the conference on World Food Security in hopes of urging others to follow along with addressing rising global prices.

LOS BAOS, Laguna: Philippine agriculture will be the main beneficiary of the current trend for developing organic fertilizers, which cost less than imported chemical-based farm inputs.

NutraCea , a world leader in stabilized rice bran , nutrient research and technology, announced today that the Company has received approval from the Food Safety Inspection Service , a subsidiary of the United States Department of Agriculture , to provide