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Protecting biodiversity is crucial to fighting hunger - IFAD calls for increased investments

“Biodiversity is a cornerstone of healthy and sustainable food systems,” says Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of IFAD "If we do not invest more in ...

Protecting crops from insects with innovative compound solution

Researchers have developed a novel compound solution – based on the odours released by predator insects – to repel herbivorous insects and ...

India extends up to a million USD for climate resilient agriculture in Zimbabwe

The contribution, provided through the India-UN Development Partnership Fund, will be used to assist more than 5200 smallholder farmers in ...

Agriculture identified as the most promising sector for investment in sub-saharan Africa

63% of respondents identified Ghana as the preferred destination for investment, followed by Nigeria (62%) Dubai, UAE: Agriculture has been ...

Digital Twins Concept Boosts Food Production in Australia

Using technology familiar to computer gamers, University of Queensland scientists are creating ‘digital twins’ of mango and macadamia orchards to ...

Using Historical Data to Design and Optimize Non-Target Terrestrial Plant Testing

Assessing the sensitivity of common plant species from historical data Non-target terrestrial plant (NTTP) studies are used to assess the ...

Cognitive Pilot brings agricultural drones to the US market

The company intends to export about 2 thousand sets of Cognitive Agro Pilot, of which 700 will be sold to the USA and Canada, and 700 more to South ...

Developing organic nitrogen fertiliser to enhance agriculture production

Researchers from Flinders University are investigating organic nitrogen fertiliser to return nitrogen to soil without the need for ...

Utilising smart farming devices to enhance sand dune habitats

Cattle in Lincolnshire have been equipped with novel smart collars to aid the enhancement of important sand dune habitats A herd of ...

3 reasons why we can do better than plastic bag bans

David D. Sussman, a fellow at the Institute for Global Environment Strategies and a visiting scholar from the Global Development and Environment ...

Enhancing food preservation with mango-based bioplastic

Researchers have created a bioplastic comprised of nanofibrillated cellulose and mango leaf in an effort to improve food preservation The research ...

For the first time, tree DNA was used to convict lumber thieves

Genetic evidence showed that two men illegally chopped down and sold valuable bigleaf maple trees inside Olympic National Forest In 2018, the Maple ...

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