As the cultivation of crops capable of adapting to climate change is becoming increasingly important, Chinese scientists have identified, in a breakthrough study, a novel approach that markedly enhances crop productivity in the face of high-temperature adversity.
Senator Onyonka questioned the governments decision to procure sunflower seeds from Zambia instead of sourcing them locally, particularly from Trans Nzoia County.
Even as paddy procurement is in progress in several districts of Odisha, the unseasonal rain triggered by a low-pressure caused extensive damage to standing paddy and vegetable crops in large parts of the state.
Fish farmers in Nyeri County are calling on climate experts to provide training on adapting to changing climatic conditions, which they say are causing significant losses in their aquaculture ventures.
The U.S. paused cattle imports from Mexico as the flesh-eating insect that has ravaged livestock in South America moves north.
In Nilakottai, a region in India, grape farms covering an area of 243 hectares have experienced widespread fruit splitting due to heavy rains in recent weeks.
Extreme weatherevents in British Columbia have made farming in the region challenging. Some crops were reduced bynearly 90%this year after a brutal cold snap in January devastated peach and wine grape crops.
Additional 12.45 lakh tonnes of crops are being produced every year as a result of need-based infrastructural developments in the countrys northwest region.
Alliance co-chairs have responded to specialty crops being left out of a final year-end economic assistance package negotiated by congressional leaders.
Himachal Pradesh has been experiencing significantwaterstress with the driest October, November, and December months in the past eight years, Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture said on Wednesday, advising farmers to switch to integrated farming systems.
Tomato growers are encouraged to monitor their crops following the detection of tomato potato psyllid in a glasshouse at a tomato production facility on the Bellarine Peninsula.
The proliferation of illegal fires in Trinidad in Tobago is affecting the countrys food security, with over 3,000 bushfires reported and approximately $888,000 in crops destroyed as a result, during the 2024 dry season.
Funding has been issued to a University of Manchester spinout group hoping to roll out spectral imaging technology, combined with AI-powered insights, to farmers.
Livestock farmers in Nyeri are calling for more information in regard to the planned nationwide livestock vaccination drive scheduled for next year.
Nigerias federal government has announced plans to reform the countrys milk collection mechanisms and inspect the entire value chain.
The first oyster reef planting in the local watershed for the multifaceted, partner-driven COASTAL (Conservation Opportunities Advancing Sustainable Technologies for Aquaculture Leases) project is complete, the Ocean County Soil Conservation District reports.