01/18/2021 SOURCE: geneticliteracyproject.org
Agriculture minister Prof Adolf Mkenda made the announcement on January 12 at the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) Mikocheni centre in Dar es
Africa biotech setback: Tanzania suspends GM crop research, ending trials of insect-resistant corn and virus-resistant cassava
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Topics: Vegetables, Fruit, Economics, Sustainability, Ag Australia/NZ, Weather,
Millions of dollars worth of crops destroyed in 'absolutely terrifying' freak storm
Millions of dollars worth of fruit and vegetable crops are destroyed in several parts of Victoria as a freak hailstorm sweeps through, leaving stunned farmers to count the cost.
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Topics: Rice, Ag Asia / Pacific, World Hunger, Education, Weather,
First PH heat-tolerant rice up for release
The country’s first high temperature-tolerant rice varieties developed by the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice)
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12/09/2020 SOURCE: www.publicnewsservice.org
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- With farms and ranches on the front lines of climate change, organizations have come together to launch the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance. Megan Baskerville, agriculture program director for The Nature Conservancy in Illinois, said farmers here already are seeing more frequent rains in the spring and longer dry spells in the summer. ...
Agriculture Steps Up to Meet Climate Change
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Topics: Agriculture US, USDA, Climate Change, Weather,
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Topics: Soil Health, Weeds, Cover Crops, Agriculture Global, Water, Ag Australia/NZ, Weather,
Now to store soil water
Stored soil moisture is a valuable asset to the next crop - Bob Freebairn explains.
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Topics: Pesticides, Organic, Water, Fruit, Fertilizer, Ag Asia / Pacific, World Population, Weather,
Cyprus olive farmer vows change to face climate challenge
Standing in her olive grove in Cyprus, Elena Sampson sighs at the sight of hundreds of barren trees and vows to tackle climate change after ...
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Water, Sustainability, World Hunger, Ag Africa, World Population, Weather,
Farmers in Mali endorse climate-resilient and high-yielding crop varieties | News Break
Farmers in Mali, who volunteered to grow climate-resilient and locally adapted varieties of sorghum, pearl millet, groundnut and cowpea crops under the UE-APSAN-Mali project, demonstrated the superior features of their crops during a field visit by other farmers, seed producers and local officials. Small groups of selected highly motivated farmers identified through project implementing partners had carried out testing trials and demonstrations on their pilot plots.
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Topics: Soil Health, Dairy, Water, Economics, Ag Australia/NZ, Sugar, Weather,
Not all grass is the same - NZ Herald
High sugar grasses a key component of dryland Canterbury dairy farm
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Dairy, Lamb/Sheep, Sustainability, Beef Cattle, Goats, Research, Genes /Genetics, Ag Africa, Weather,
Doctor breeds better livestock for Africa - Alliance for Science
When Dr. Baker Bakashaba graduated from Uganda’s Makerere University Medical School in 2014, a close family friend gave him the gift of a cow. The generous gift rekindled Bakashaba’s desire to engage in livestock farming at his rural home in Western Uganda. Motivated by the kind gesture and his family’s farming background, he founded Novine […]
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