Though Africa has a quarter of the world’s arable land, its crop productivity falls well below the world average, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).Much of that is due to poor quality seeds and...
The news out of Brazil in recent weeks was the potential for Brazil to start exporting corn to China maybe as soon as the end of this year if they can work out phytosanitary standards. Additional news...
New CABI-led research, working in conjunction with the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), proposes the establishment of local Biological Control Agent (BCA) hubs to fight the devastati...
Agriculture ministers of European Union have issued a warning that drastically cutting pesticide use in the European Union may have an impact on crop output during this period of great uncertainty.At ...
When the United Nations’ recent estimates predicted that the world population will touch 9.8 billion by 2050, agriculture, in this context, commands far more value today than ever before.At this junct...
Evolution is pretty wild. A random mutation occurs, and if that is beneficial, the mutation becomes dominant over generations and the species evolves. Does it always happen in one individual and then ...
Data shows that in the first half year of 2022, China’s production of chemical pesticides recorded 1.297 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.3%.In June 2022, the national production of chemical...
Artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technology have the potential to support our farmers in overcoming a range of challenges. These technologies provide farmers with enhanced decision-making as o...
The Federal Government of Nigeria says it is working with relevant National Assembly Committees on Agriculture to have a framework to ensure sanity in the agro-chemicals or pesticides business in the ...
Agriculture ministers have warned that significantly reducing pesticide use in the European Union could affect crop yields during a highly uncertain time.An ambitious goal proposed by the European Com...
The agriculture crisis precipitated by the Ukraine-Russia conflict, especially fertilizer, wheat and edible oil shortages in Africa, calls for the urgent deployment of on-the-ground science-led soluti...
Widely used insecticides that harm bees and songbirds would face far-reaching restrictions in California under regulations proposed by the state’s pesticide agency.The new limits would be among the na...
