Month: August 2017

Paraguay imported US$85 million of agrochemicals in the first six months of the year, according to the data released by the magazine Corporativa Global. The figure is similar to that achieved in the same period in 2016, though there has been an agricultural expansion in the country since — it is the sixth largest producer… Continue reading Paraguay imports US$85 million agrochemicals in first half of 2017

Keywords: Dow Agrosciences , Enlist soybean , China , EU Dow AgroScience’s Enlist Weed Control System is a go in cotton, with system varieties having been planted on about 500,000 U.S. acres this year. It received the green light in corn last June, when China and the European Union (EU) approved Enlist corn. Dow will fully… Continue reading Dow’s Enlist system a go for corn in 2018, still waiting for soybeans

Keywords: Wheat , photosynthesis , sunlight According to new research by Lancaster University, crops such as wheat could be up to 21% more efficient at turning the sun’s energy into food. The food chain relies on plants using sunlight to turn carbon dioxide from the air into food. This process, known as photosynthesis, is essential for… Continue reading Ray of hope for more abundant wheat crops

Keywords: food production , food security , RNAi , iPlanta Food insecurity is deadly – 9 million people die of hunger and hunger-related illnesses annually. This problem is set to continue. And the global population is predicted to rise from 6.9 billion in 2010 to 9.8 billion people by 2050. To meet demand, food production will… Continue reading Novel tools to improve plant production could boost food security

The Ministry of Agriculture has issued the National Planting Structure Adjustment Plan (2016-2020). On the next five years in the end what kind of put forward a broad framework. 1, food Hold the “basic grain self-sufficiency, rations are absolutely safe,” the bottom line, insist on holding pressure. Rations focus on the development of rice and… Continue reading What crops should we plant in the next five years?

Keywords: Wheat , Drought-resistant , Water , leaf wax A new study shows a solution to help farmers to grow crops in dry areas or during stretches of drought. It may depend on breeding and cultivating plants that protect themselves with a thicker layer of leaf wax. Sarah Feakins is a scientist at USC. She has studied… Continue reading Wax on: how wheat plants shield themselves during drought

Keywords: NATESC , third-generation armyworm On 26 July, 2017, China’s National Agro-Tech Extension and Service Centre (NATESC) released its 2017 Third-generation Armyworm Occurrence Prediction. It estimated slight strikes around the country, with high concentration in parts of Huang-Huai-Hai region and Northeast China given the large local quantities of adult armyworm. The national occurrence area is predicted… Continue reading NATESC predicts slight third-generation armyworm occurrence for 2017 in China

Argentine farmers will increase investments in the next corn planting season despite fears about a political comeback for former President Cristina Fernandez, who implemented export taxes and restrictions despised by the sector, according to industry leaders. Several polls show Fernandez in the lead for a Senate seat in politically crucial Buenos Aires province in October’s… Continue reading Argentine farmers investing heavily for the next planting season following on a record crop year

Keywords: hybrid seed , forecast , crop , fruit & vegetable The hybrid seeds market was valued at $52,114 million in 2016 according to a new report published by Allied Market Research. And it is projected to reach at $99,854 million by 2023, growing at a CAGR of 9.7% from 2017 to 2023. In 2016, fruit… Continue reading The global hybrid seeds market to reach $99 million by 2023

ETH researchers have developed a new rice variety that not only has increased levels of the micronutrients iron and zinc in the grains, but also produces beta-carotene as a precursor of vitamin A. This could help to reduce micronutrient malnutrition, or “hidden hunger”, which is widespread in developing countries. Nearly every second person eats primarily… Continue reading Multi-nutrient rice against malnutrition −− ETH researchers develop rice variety that has increased levels of iron and zinc and produces beta-carotene