Presently, China is still struck by the pneumonia epidemic caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Many cities and towns in China have issued strict epidemic prevention and control measures, and,...
In mid-December, Latin American banana producers met at the facilities of the National Banana Corporation of Costa Rica (Corbana) to analyze the possible consequences that the new EU regulation on max...
Since pesticide production licensing was delegated to the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, it has shouldered the responsibility of managing the transformation, upgrading and optimiza...
The Government envisioning to up the size of the nations macro-economy to USD 5 trillion by 2024 treats agriculture sector as integral to this strategy, and the fulcrum of such a transformation. Speci...
Pesticides with the controversial active ingredient, glyphosate , can be used in Germany for another year until December 15, 2020, without restrictions and requirements, reported "Spiegel" in its new ...
The First Forum on China-Africa Agricultural Cooperation was convened in Sanya, Hainan Province, China on Dec. 9. The forum was jointly held by China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA)...
Soybeans are snapping out of a slump as officials signal optimism that the U.S. and China will reach a trade deal.Futures are up 1.4% this week in Chicago, heading for the first such gain in more than...
In January 2019, for the first time, China was affected by the worldwide spread of the insect pest, fall armyworm (spodoptera frugiperda). The pest subsequently spread rapidly to 27 Chinese provinces....
On the concluding day of the 8th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics - 2019 (ICAS-VIII) , Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR) accentuated on enhancing c...
On 21st November, China ended the imposition of anti-dumping duties on imported pyridine originating from India and Japan, according to a recent announcement by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce on the...
The western corn rootworm, one of the world's most damaging maize pests, can use plant defense compounds to defend itself against its own natural enemies, so-called entomopathogenic nematodes. However...
Scientists have solved the structure of one of the key components of photosynthesis, a discovery that could lead to photosynthesis being ‘redesigned' to achieve higher yields and meet urgent food secu...