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Date:Oct. 29, 2019 Category:Markets
Locusts are denuding Pakistani farms and poised to spread into India.
Tags:Pests&Diseases
Date:Jan. 22, 2019 Category:Viewpoint & Interview
Delayed harmonisation of policies for encouraging the transfer of seeds across East and Southern Africa is hampering trade and increased agricultural growth, ex...
Date:Oct. 26, 2018 Category:Science&Research
Garlic, oranges, chillies and sex pheromones are among the potentially viable natural control measures that could be used against fall armyworm, according to a ...
Date:Oct. 10, 2018 Category:Viewpoint & Interview
South-East Asia, a major agricultural region with a regulated approach to genetically modified (GM) crops, is faced with a new debate on whether the relatively ...
Tags:Gene Editing
Date:Aug. 1, 2018 Category:Products
Ethiopian scientists have developed a new sorghum variety that could lead to multiple yields annually.
Date:Oct. 27, 2017 Category:Markets
As the EU considers extending its approval for the weed-killer, African researchers highlight safety concerns.
Date:Jun. 21, 2017 Category:Viewpoint & Interview
A genetically modified (GM) cane variety that can kill the sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis) has been approved in Brazil, to the delight of some scientists...
Tags:GM cropSugarcane
Date:Nov. 30, 2016 Category:Viewpoint & Interview
Robots will soon be fixtures in farms. From tracking cattle and measuring crop health to counting yields and dispensing agro-chemicals, the new technologies pro...
Date:Aug. 15, 2016 Category:Science&Research
A seed storage cold room facility to support maize research and improve livelihood of African smallholders has been launched.
Tags:Seed treatmentMaize
Date:Jan. 25, 2016 Category:Science&Research
A team of Indian researchers has undertaken the sequencing of thousands of chickpea genomes as part of an international project to make it resistant to climate ...
Tags:IndiaBiotech
Date:May. 22, 2014 Category:Products
Scientists in West Africa who are developing genetically modified (GM) pod borer-resistant (PBR) cowpea say they could have the final product by 2017.
Tags:Africa
Date:Sep. 20, 2013 Category:Markets
A drought-tolerant maize variety could be available to farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2017, according to scientists working on the project.
Date:Feb. 1, 2013 Category:Markets
An international agricultural research programme has unveiled plans to collaborate with the African Union to drive agricultural research and boost productivity ...
Date:Dec. 10, 2012 Category:Products
Researchers have launched a free interactive tool that can be used to identify nearly 200 weeds that harm rice production in Africa.
Tags:Application & Technology
Date:Nov. 8, 2012 Category:Markets
The impact of climate change on key food crops in Africa and South Asia may be much worse than previously estimated — with reductions of up to 40 per cent by t...
Date:Oct. 11, 2012 Category:Science&Research
Bangladeshi scientists who decoded the genome of the fungus Macrophomina phaseolina are confident that the breakthrough will help tackle an organism that blight...
Date:Sep. 10, 2012 Category:Markets
Asia's wheat and maize production will be severely affected by climate change as early as the 2020s — with potentially devastating impacts on food security, a ...
Tags:Oceania
Date:Sep. 6, 2012 Category:Markets
A global monitoring system was unveiled to track the spread of devastating wheat pathogens known as stem rusts, at the 2012 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI...
Date:Jul. 10, 2012 Category:Science&Research
Researchers in China have identified a rice gene that could improve both the quality and yield of the staple crop.
Date:Jun. 11, 2012 Category:Products
The WHO has launched a strategic plan to curb the spread of insecticide-resistant mosquitoes, which have already been identified in 64 malaria-ridden countries,...
Tags:Resistance
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