09/27/2020 SOURCE: www.standardmedia.co.ke
Farmers’ joy as new cotton seeds boost harvest
Department says the high breed seeds will see production increase from an average of 50 tonnes to 600.
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Economics, World Hunger, Government / Policies, Ag Africa, World Population,
Zimbabwe's 'command agriculture' a huge flop, free market a success
Zimbabwe imported agricultural products worth more than US$1bn - half of it maize - last year despite investing more than US$3bn in "command agriculture", a controversial programme to ensure food self-sufficiency introduced in 2016
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, World Hunger, Government / Policies, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID,
COVID-19 impacts driving up acute hunger in countries already in food crisis - World
English News and Press Release on World and 10 other countries about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition and Epidemic; published on 15 Sep 2020 by FAO
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09/26/2020 SOURCE: www.beijingnews.net
China's Guizhou province monitors rice farming with satellite
Southwest China's Guizhou Province has started using a satellite system that can monitor rice farming from space.
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09/26/2020 SOURCE: www.thehindubusinessline.com
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Topics: Agriculture Global, Economics, Sustainability, Beef Cattle, World Hunger, World Population,
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Topics: Soil Health, Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Sustainability, Fertilizer, World Hunger, World Population, Education,
Rock-eating bacteria could help ensure food security
UC Riverside is leading an effort that could help ensure food security and improve the worst effects of climate change -- by studying rock-eating bacteria and fungi.
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Topics: Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Research, World Hunger, World Population, Education,
Key to feeding world in next agricultural revolution? The microbiome,
The key to the next agricultural revolution? A national task force releasing a scientific paper today says the answer lies in the microbiome – the communities of microorganisms that co-exist on, in an
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09/25/2020 SOURCE: news.cornell.edu
USDA grants to fund studies of plant viruses, insecticides | Cornell Chronicle
Two Cornell research teams, studying crop viruses and insecticides’ physiological effects on insects, have received grants totaling nearly $900,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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09/25/2020 SOURCE: www.sciencenews.org
What will happen when COVID-19 and the flu collide this fall? | Science News
As the Northern Hemisphere braces for a coronavirus-flu double hit, it’s unclear if it’ll be a deadly combo or one virus will squeeze out the other.
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