Using Nuclear Science in the Control of Avian Influenza
Outbreaks of avian influenza have led to the death or culling of millions of poultry and pigs and untold millions of dollars in losses to farmers and producers. Avian influenza is also a deadly diseas...
Building Better Agriculture One Atom at a Time
Through its 50-year partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the IAEA works through the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture...
Giving Mother Nature a Helping Hand
For more than 80 years, mutation breeding has been a fundamental and highly successful tool in the global efforts to feed an ever increasing and nutritiously demanding population. The method uses radi...
Studying Erosion with the Help of Radionuclides
Soil erosion is a global threat. Each year 75 billion tons of fertile soil is lost from world agricultural systems. The magnitude and rate of soil erosion can be determined through gamma spectrometry ...
Using Nuclear Science to Combat Food Fraud
Each year, food fraud is estimated at more than US $50 billion. Customers are cheated, reputable producers lose sales and reputations, and dishonest traders are rewarded. Maintaining confidence and tr...