Viewpoint & Interview

• Cannabidiol is booming. But US farmers struggle to keep up with demand for industrial hemp

  Date：May. 7, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  It’s Hollywood’s new favorite beauty product. It’s the superfood du jour. Demand for CBD is so strong that companies are scrambling to infuse their products ...

• CRISPR rolls along with tools breeders use

  Date：May. 6, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Why do some individual plants live longer in the field after others died off? Why do some individual plants yield better? Why do some naturally resist disease t...

  Tags:Gene Editing

• "Nigeria seed sector has huge potential but weak" - An interview with the ISF Secretary General

  Date：May. 6, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Michael Keller is the Secretary General of the International Seed Federation(ISF), Nyon, Switzerland, which is the voice of the seed sector globally with nation...

• Why Organic Food on the Shelves is Suspicious

  Date：May. 6, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Organic farming attempts to do away with chemical pesticides and chemical fertilisers. However, certified organic fertilisers such as compost and animal manure ...

• The Precision Agriculture Revolution is Here ... See it in Action!

  Date：May. 3, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Bayer CropScience Ltda.

  Technology has revolutionized agriculture and started a dialogue about nuanced and diverse approaches to sustainable farming. Today, the most productive convers...

• Can sweet potatoes save the world?

  Date：May. 2, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Some foods are known as seasonal wonders, making an appearance only once or twice a year when families gather for holiday feasts.

• Why breeding cannabis is unlike other crop breeding efforts

  Date：May. 2, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The cannabis market today presents a huge demand for new and exciting products containing cannabis ingredients. Producers expect reliable and stable plant varie...

• How should greenhouse growers get the best use out of their biopesticide toolkit?

  Date：May. 2, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  As Dr Andy Brown, secretary of the IBMA (International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association), and managing director of biological control specialist Andermatt U...

• Hot potato: Michigan State University professor develops new varieties for countries far and wide

  Date：May. 1, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  David Douches, a professor in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences and director of the Michigan State University (MSU) Potato Breeding and Genet...

  Tags:Potato

• It’s a hot potato for PepsiCo and farmers

  Date：Apr. 30, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  PepsiCo sued potato farmers in Gujarat, India for Rs 1.05 crore each over patent infringement. The corporate giant has claimed that the farmers are cultivating ...

  Tags:Potato

• Interspecific breeding: making the impossible possible

  Date：Apr. 30, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Interview about interspecific breeding with Joost Kos, Head of R&D Flowers, published in the Dutch floricultural newspaper De Bloemenkrant.

• U.S.-China GMO-approval breakthrough anticipated

  Date：Apr. 29, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Canadian farmers may benefit from the trade dispute between the United States and China to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

  Tags:GM crop

• CEO Werner Baumann at the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting of Bayer AG: “We made great progress – both operationally and strategically”

  Date：Apr. 29, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The Bayer Group can look back on a successful yet difficult year. “We made great progress – both operationally and strategically,” said Werner Baumann, Chair...

• Silicon valley company aims to help farmers compare seed prices

  Date：Apr. 25, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Major seed companies have a transparency problem. Farmers can't look up and compare prices for some seeds. Some have turned to co-ops and others to Silicon Vall...

• Occurrence of Fall Armyworm in South Africa and possible control measures and registered products

  Date：Apr. 25, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Chris Coetzee

  Under ideal warmer conditions (about 28°C), the entire life cycle of the Fall Armyworm can be completed in approximately 30 days. This extends to approximately...

• Farmers dip toes into global crop insurance platform

  Date：Apr. 24, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Farmers can now for the first time insure their produce against price volatility as easily as insuring their homes, with a global platform based on hundreds of ...

• USDA secretary voices support for gene edited plants during recent college visit

  Date：Apr. 24, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue visited West Lafayette, Indiana — epicenter of Inari’s plant breeding and product development efforts — to celebrate Purdue Unive...

  Tags:Gene Editing

• Plant breeding for the future: the time is now

  Date：Apr. 23, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Think about the last food you ate. Maybe it was a meal or maybe you’re snacking on something right now. Have you ever considered the amount of effort that has ...

• Agrochemical product registration rejections and voluntary withdrawn in Brazil in 2019

  Date：Apr. 23, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  In 2019 IBAMA, the agency responsible for the environment has already completed 68 pesticide registration evaluations. Among these, there were 4 rejections, 6 f...

• "Incorrect use of agrochemicals causes losses of US$ 2 billion" - Interview with researcher Hamilton Ramos

  Date：Apr. 22, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Instituto Agronômico (IAC)

  AgroPages exclusively interviewed scientific researcher Hamilton Ramos, coordinator of the Reference Unit on Technology and Safety in the Application of Agroche...

• Q&A with EY: Significant agribusiness transaction activity to be driven by ongoing agrochemicals industry consolidation, greater ag-tech adoption and shift towards clean label

  Date：Apr. 19, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  I was introduced to Mr. Akhil Agarwal, Vice President, Investment Banking Advisory, EY in India at a recent workshop in Singapore. The focus of the workshop was...

• US: China's biotech crop approval process is costing companies billions

  Date：Apr. 19, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  China's approval process for biotech crops is beset by regulatory hurdles and delays that have cost U.S. companies billions of dollars and added to challenges f...

• New study identifies Nigeria as leading seed hub in Western and Central Africa

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Access to Seeds Index

  Nigeria-based Value Seeds tops the rankings in new research on seed companies operating in Western and Central Africa

• Hybrid rice seeds yielding hope

  Date：Apr. 17, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Under the scorching sun, fields displaying 31 major hybrid rice varieties grown in Belt and Road countries attracted more than 700 rice experts and businesspeop...

  Tags:Rice

• What is the cost of vertical farming?

  Date：Apr. 17, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  How can vertical farming contribute to (inter)national food production? This question is more complex than it initially seems.

• PlantArcBio: Focus on the traits with drought tolerance & yield improvement, herbicide tolerance and insect resistance

  Date：Apr. 16, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  AgroPages recently interviewed Dr. Dror Shalitin, Founder and CEO of PlantArcBio to seek his views on PlantArcBio’s business highlights, its target markets and...

• From smart mechanization to nutritious and drought tolerant seeds: What’s new in Southern Africa?

  Date：Apr. 16, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  On March 14, 2019, over 200 of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center’s (CIMMYT) partners in southern Africa, including national research organis...

• Microbiome Products for Agriculture - Opportunities & Challenges

  Date：Apr. 16, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  A focus on discovery and development of the full potential of microorganisms, collectively known as the microbiome, has become a priority for many agricultural ...

• How a humble seed is helping African farmers to better manage both food and water

  Date：Apr. 15, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  As our global population continues to grow and the climate becomes hotter and drier and resources become scarcer, a simple reality has evolved into a societal c...

• Arend Schot, Syngenta: "Patents were invented for a reason"

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Patents in the fruit and vegetable sector are a recurring topic of discussion. The mixed signals sent out by the European Patent Office, who cannot seem to reac...

  Tags:Fruits and Vegetables