The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has disbursed N5 billion to the Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce to support a skills training programme focused on entrepreneurship development for women ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

Just a decade later, wagon trains and caravans carried ambitious settlers westward ....1815, the invention of the steamboat revolutionized ...

Ancient DNA evidence shows that the advent of agriculture led to more infectious disease among humans, with pathogens from ...

Researchers were astounded that Menominee could grow so much in a cold climate with a relatively short growing season.

On the other, a cohort of fast-money global investors who are worried about rising government debt loads around the world and wield the power to send borrowing costs surging if their confidence is ...

Rice is difficult to grow in the Pacific, so how did it end up in a cave? Archaeologists reveal the hidden history of this ...

In some of the earliest settlements in North America, specifically in Jamestown (in modern-day Virginia), and the Plymouth colony (in modern day Massachusetts), the original settlers that survived ...

Presentation: Soil Survey is Essential for Agricultural Drainage (PDF 1.87 MB) Yi Zhang, Agri-Environment Knowledge Centre, Manitoba Agriculture at the Manitoba Soil Science Society of Manitoba Annual ...

Farming didn t emerge in the Andes due to crisis or scarcity it was a savvy and resilient evolution. Ancient diets remained ...

The agro – forestry – fishery sector aims to achieve an added value growth rate of 4-4.2% for the year, with 3.85% for agriculture, 5.47% for forestry, and 4.35% for fisheries. In Quarter 1, the ...

The Elmhurst History Museum’s exhibit on early agriculture in DuPage County features interactive displays, including a farmer’s market for children. (Graydon Megan/Pioneer Press) ...