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Locust horde threaten Pakistan’s prized cotton farms

Date：Oct. 29, 2019 Category：Markets

Locusts are denuding Pakistani farms and poised to spread into India.

"Speed up seed policies harmonisation across East and Southern Africa", say experts

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...

Assessment of potential biopesticide options for managing fall armyworm in Africa

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 ...

South-East Asia puts gene editing on the agenda

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

Ethiopia releases new, perennial sorghum variety

Date：Aug. 1, 2018 Category：Products

Ethiopian scientists have developed a new sorghum variety that could lead to multiple yields annually.

Africa calls for caution on glyphosate

Date：Oct. 27, 2017 Category：Markets

As the EU considers extending its approval for the weed-killer, African researchers highlight safety concerns.

Brazil’s transgenic sugarcane stirs up controversy

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 crop Sugarcane

Coming of age: Robots in farms

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...

New seed storage facility to bolster maize R&D

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 treatment Maize

Chickpea genomes sequenced in India

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:India Biotech

Africa to launch GM cowpeas by 2017

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

Drought-tolerant maize could be available by 2017 in Kenya

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.

Global partnership launched to drive Africa’s agricultural research

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 ...

Tags:Africa

Tool released to identify African rice weeds

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

Climate change could hit crops far worse than thought

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...

Bangladesh decodes genome of crop-killer fungus

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...

Asia 'will be hit hard by drought in 2020s'

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

Global stem rust tracker unveiled in China

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...

Tags:Pests&Diseases

Chinese scientists identify yield-boosting rice gene

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.

WHO launches plan to fight insecticide resistance

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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