
Topics: Rice, Ag India, Ag Asia / Pacific, Trade (Commodities),
India's rice export curbs paralyse trade in Asia as prices rise
India's restrictions on rice exports have paralysed trading in Asia, with buyers scouring for alternative supplies from Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar where seller are holding off on deals as prices rise, industry officials said.
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Topics: Vegetables, Research, Ag Asia / Pacific, Biotech,
Filipino Research Team Presents First Publicly Available Data on Field Performance of Bt Eggplant in Asia
Eggplant is one of the most important and profitable vegetables in the Philippines. It accounts for more than 30% of the total volume of vegetable production in the country. Eggplant farming provides resource-poor Filipino farmers with a better source of income. The biggest threat for eggplant produ
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09/06/2022 SOURCE: qz.com
Three of the world's top five cotton producing countries are impacted.
Pakistan flooding, drought in Texas, and the Xinjiang ban are pushing cotton into crisis
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Topics: Agriculture Global, GMO's, Ag India, Ag Asia / Pacific,
65,000 Bangladeshi farmers now grow GMO insect-resistant eggplant as production soars among local farms
In 2020/21, more than 65,000 farmers in Bangladesh used genetically modified Bt aubergines. A rapid increase since the GM crop was approved for cultivation in 2013.
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08/30/2022 SOURCE: www.saltwire.com
By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc's pork processing plant in Logansport, Indiana, has been suspended from exporting products to ...
Tyson pork plant in Indiana suspended from exporting to China -USDA | SaltWire
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08/28/2022 SOURCE: www.huffpost.com
“This combines the most extreme intensity with the most extreme length with an incredibly huge area all at the same time,” the climatologist told New Scientist.
Nothing In History Compares To China's Brutal Heat Wave, Weather Historian Says
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08/17/2022 SOURCE: allianceforscience.cornell.edu
Filipino farmers, including low-income households, have benefitted economically from growing genetically modified (GM) corn, according to a new study. The study, published in the International Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, was conducted to assesses the economic value of growing GM corn in the Philippines between 2002 and 2019. Cultivation of GM corn […]
Filipino farmers reap economic benefits from GMO corn, study finds - Alliance for Science
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08/15/2022 SOURCE: geneticliteracyproject.org
A year after regulatory approval, the Philippines has started transplanting Golden Rice this wet season, becoming the first country in the world to go for commercial cultivation of genetically-engineered rice rich with vitamin A.
GMO Golden Rice tale of two countries: Philippines on track for fall sales while Bangladesh falters
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08/12/2022 SOURCE: www.feedandgrain.com
The U.S. is the world’s largest agriculture commodities exporter; however, China, Russia and Brazil also contribute greatly to the global food supply.
How Much Food, Grain Does the US Produce [Infographic]?
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08/11/2022 SOURCE: fuuta.info
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