Through partnerships with Growcer, food banks, and community farms, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is positioning vertical farming and controlled environment agriculture (CEA) as a strategic solution to climate, skills, and food access challenges.
With rising production costs, shifting subsidies, and the urgent call for climate-conscious farming, livestock producers face an uphill battle.
The federal government intends to direct more than a half-billion dollars to Florida to help agriculture workers recover from the onslaught of severe weather that hit the Sunshine State over the past two years.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan worth $116.4 million to support sustainable farming, led by women and young people in Morocco.
Stavanger, Norway-based producer of aquaculture net- and cage-cleaning robots Remora Robotics has raised NOK 164 million (USD 16.1 million, EUR 13.7 million) in its latest funding round.
Prolonged heavy rainfall, driven by active monsoon conditions and low-pressure systems, has caused widespread crop damage across 20 districts, resulting in estimated losses of Tk429.95 crore, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture.
Farmers in 11 counties who are beneficiaries of the fertilizer subsidy program being undertaken by the government will receive a crop insurance cover of up to Ksh 7000 in a move to mitigate losses as a result of climate change.
The Myanmar government will disburse low-interest loans from the State Economic Promotion Fund, aiming to promote the country's agriculture and livestock sectors, state-owned daily The Mirror has reported.
Governor Uba Sanihas inaugurated a multi-stakeholder committee to oversee the distribution of over 300 truckloads of fertiliser to 100,000 farmers acrossKaduna State.
Banana and plantain farmers have cautiously welcomed the government’s newly launched crop insurance scheme, a long-awaited safety net amid growing climate threats.
Drones can now detect subtle soybean canopy damage from dicamba at one ten-thousandth of the herbicide’s label rate — simulating vapor drift — eight days after application.
Modern livestock farming is playing a vital role in enhancing food security, generating self-employment, and reducing poverty in the Rajshahi region, particularly across the vast Barind tract.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill directing the federal government to develop a new field test kit that can identify the country of origin of red snapper and tuna, giving law enforcement a new tool to discover illegally caught or imported fish.
Swedish company Big Akwa has been granted a 25-year environmental permit to produce approximately 6,000 tons of rainbow trout annually at its planned land-based aquaculture facility in Ånge Municipality, Sweden.
A fire that erupted in Tekirdağ and spread to Çanakkale has been contained.
The Department of Agriculture (DA)-Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) on Thursday said it is set to launch a parametric insurance program that seeks to innovate and expedite insurance claims among rice farmers.