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Researchers explore herbicide resistance in wheat
2023-07-21
Kansas wheat producers endured months, if not years, of persistent drought conditions this growing season. But when the rain finally started to fall, it brought another of the biggest challenges to wheat production - weeds. New research from Kansas State University is seeking to ...
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China and African countries look to establish mechanism for sanitary and phytosanitary cooperation
2023-07-21
China's efforts to diversify its import of African agricultural products will enhance bilateral trade and create fresh opportunities for its companies to invest in countries in Africa, said government officials and business owners. Fruit from Africa is on display during the thi...
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Colombia’s Constitutional Court bans chlorpyrifos
2023-07-21
The Constitutional Court of Colombia announced in the Official Gazette which published on June 6, 2023, to immediately suspend the commercialization and use of products containing chlorpyrifos in the agricultural and livestock sectors; to immediately prohibit the importation of r...
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New toxin facilitates disease infection and spread in wheat
2023-07-21
Although wheat was among the first domesticated food crops, it remains a global dietary staple several millennia later. Grown on every continent except Antarctica, wheat is the second highest produced grain worldwide, with nearly 800,000 metric tons grown each year (Food and Agri...
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FACTBOX: Mapping El Nino’s impact on crop yields, global food trade in 2023-24
2023-07-14
An emergence of El Nino phenomenon could affect global agricultural yields and alter trade flows in the 2023-24 season, according to agricultural bodies, meteorological agencies and trade analysts. The US Climate Prediction Centre said June 8 that weak El Nino conditions were obs...
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El Niño: What it means to agriculture
2023-07-14
From providing food to sustaining smallholder communities, agriculture is a fundamental core of our society – one that the modern world cannot live without. Even so, this critical industry can be highly unpredictable as it relies on various factors that significantly impact its o...
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EU: Trends in the use and risk of chemical pesticides and the use of more hazardous pesticides
2023-07-14
On 5 July 2023, the Commission published updated progress towards Farm to Fork pesticide reduction targets for the period 2011-2021. EU trends in the use and risk of chemical pesticides EU trends in the use of more hazardous pesticides The use and risk of chemical pestici...
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Wheat output in Africa and South Asia will suffer severely from climate change by 2050, modelling st...
2023-07-03
Leading crop simulation models used by a global team of agricultural scientists to simulate wheat production up to 2050 showed large wheat yield reductions due to climate change for Africa and South Asia, where food security is already a problem. The model predicted average decli...
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Registration of mycoinsecticides in Brazil quadrupled in just 6 years
2023-07-03
The number of mycoinsecticides registered in Brazil has more than quadrupled in just six years, says Simone Velozo, Portfolio Coordinator at the Brazilian Company of Research and Industrial Innovation (EMBRAPII). ″Between 2017 and 2018, there were about 40 records, covering three...