Month: March 2018

Nematodes drastically affects the root system of the coffee plant, where it causes necrosis and cracking, reducing the absorption of water and nutrients, affecting the development and production of plants, making them weak and depleted, even resulting in their death, according to portal Global Agrochemicals. The most devastating species is the Meloidogyne incognita. According to… Continue reading Brazilians use silicon to control nematode in coffee

Keywords: rice Health Canada has notified the International Rice Research Institute that it has no objection to the food use of Provitamin A Biofortified Rice Event GR2E (Golden Rice). The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of this rice event according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods, which are based upon internationally… Continue reading Golden Rice gains health and safety nod from Health Canada

Keywords: New Breeding Technologies , crop 15th Mar, 2018– Prof Mark Tester, a world renowned authority on Food security on Thursday said new technologies of breeding crops would be helpful to convert any crop become salt resistant to control scarcity of food globally. “Through this new technique any crop would be made salt resistant through… Continue reading New Breeding Technologies successful to grow salt resistant crops

The “Measures for the Administration of Food Safety Information Traceability in Fujian Province” will come into effect on March 1. The “Measures” make it clear that Fujian Province will implement “one product and one yard” food safety information retrospectively for 11 types of food. Among them, those who postpone the uploading of false information to… Continue reading Fujian Province will implement “one product and one yard” retroactive management

Keywords: rice Farmers no longer have to worry about low yield caused by water-related stress as the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has developed some stress-resistant rice varieties. Christopher Cabusora, a plant breeder of the PhilRice Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Division, explained in a seminar titled “Variety Development Adapted to Adverse Rice Environments through Induced… Continue reading Philippine Rice Research Institute releases rice varieties that can withstand water-related stress

For a long time, the chemical industry, as a pillar industry in China, has an important position in the national economy. In the 21st century, China’s “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” proposes the development of green and environmental protection industries. The circular economy model is an inevitable trend in the development of the science, technology, and chemical… Continue reading Developing Circular Economy to Promote the Sustainable Development of the Chemical Industry

Keywords: fall armyworm FAO has launched a mobile application to enable farmers, agricultural workers and other partners at the frontline of the fight against Fall Armyworm in Africa to identify, report the level of infestation, and map the spread of this destructive insect, as well as to describe its natural enemies and the measures that… Continue reading FAO launches mobile application to support fight against fall armyworm in Africa

Keywords: plant An international collaboration between researchers at the University of Copenhagen, Nagoya University and the University of Western Australia has resulted in a breakthrough in plant biology. Since 2014, the researchers have worked on identifying the genetic background for the improved flood tolerance observed in rice, wheat and several natural wetland plants. In a… Continue reading Flood, drought and disease tolerant — one gene to rule them all

Keywords: farm Tanzania is the largest country in East Africa. It is home to the highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, and the deepest lake, Lake Tanganyika, in Africa. Its vast geographical area of 945,000 sq. kilometers is also home to thousands of smallholder farmers spread out across the country. There are about 3.7 million smallholdings, which make… Continue reading Tanzania: hybridizing the vegetable farming sector

Indian seed companies threatened on Thursday to halt supplies to 8 million cotton farmers in protest against a potential government plan to cut prices by 7.5 percent, the chief of a producers’ body said.Farmers in India, the world’s No. 1 cotton producer and the second-biggest exporter of the fiber, start planting the crop in the… Continue reading Indian cotton seed companies threaten supply halt over price cut