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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Vegetables, Sustainability, Vertical Farming, World Hunger, World Population,

Automated vertical indoor farming set to sprout | ZDNet

Vertical farms could make use of abandoned professional spaces as the pandemic grinds on.

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Team AgWiki Team AgWiki
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Topics: Economics, Ag Europe, Coronavirus/COVID,

How French farmers kept sales going during the Covid-19 lockdown

Despite closing weekly markets during the two-month lockdown, farmers in the French region of Hérault have succeeded in continuing or expanding direct sales to their customers through new channels.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Wheat, Agriculture Global, Water, Ag India, World Hunger, World Population, Ag Middle East,

Drought & Deluge: Eastern India Faces Severe Floods While Agricultural States Bicker Over Water

New Delhi (Sputnik): The Indian states of Haryana and Punjab are the “breadbasket” of India and were the centre of the green revolution in the country. While the former...

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Team AgWiki Team AgWiki
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Topics: Pesticides, Agriculture Global, Drones UAV, Pest Control, World Population,

Agric Ministry to use drones next ploughing season

*Sorghum yield grows by 10 percent in2019/2020 ploughing season

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TOPIC(S): Aquaculture/Fish Farming, World Hunger, Government / Policies, Ag Africa, World Population,

08/20/2020 SOURCE: www.inewsguyana.com

Agriculture Ministry working to lift US catfish ban

Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha has committed towards lifting the US-imposed catfish ban, which was instituted against Guyana in early 2018 under the Granger-led administration. He shared t…

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Pesticides, Economics, Food/Nutrition, Pest Control, Ag Africa, Coronavirus/COVID,

Africa strives to tackle food security challenges brought by COVID-19 pandemic, locust invasion

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | As African countries continue to battle the unrelenting COVID-19 pandemic, they are making gains on the frontline against massive swarms of the desert locusts that have been threatening the region’s food security. Experts in different countries attribute the gains against the voracious migratory pests to combined country, regional and international …

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Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Climate Change,

The hard truths of climate change — by the numbers

A set of troubling charts shows how little progress nations have made toward limiting greenhouse-gas emissions.

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TOPIC(S): Corn/Maize, Insects,

08/20/2020 SOURCE: www.prnewswire.com

Corn rootworm monitoring program guides growers in making informed management decisions

/PRNewswire/ -- As corn rootworm (CRW) pressure spikes in the Midwest, Syngenta is helping growers minimize the long-term impact through a robust monitoring...

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Pesticides, Pest Control, Ag Europe, Ag Africa,

Kenya skies Blackened with miles-long locust swarms after decades of anti-pesticide campaigns by the EU and UN  - The Westside Gazette

     The United Nations has long sought to control pesticide use, especially in developing nations, citing harm to people and the environment and calling “efforts to ban and appropriately regulate the use of pesticides are a necessary step in the right direction” in a 2017 report. [...]

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