According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 10% of the global population suffers from food poisoning each year. Aflatoxins, the main contributor to food poisoning around the world, contaminate cereals and nuts and humans, especially vulnerable groups like the young, elderly, or immune-compromised, and animals are susceptible to their toxic and potentially carcinogenic effects.
A new chemistry to control fungal diseases in crops has just been announced. The joint breakthrough, by Syngenta Crop Protection and crop health company, Enko, has been achieved using a platform that reduces the time required for research and development (R&D)-related discovery.
Researchers have discovered new pathogens in Pennsylvania’s potato crops that if left unchecked, could jeopardize the supply used by the many chip manufacturers in the state.The “Potato Chip Capital of the World” could be facing a potato problem.
Large parts of northern Europe experienced a distinct cold spell at the beginning of the New Year. Distinctly warmer than usual conditions prevailed in south-eastern Europe. A pronounced precipitation surplus continued to affect many parts of north-western, central, and eastern Europe.
Portugal's environmental minister has officially declared a 25% water reduction for agriculture and a 15% reduction for urban usage in the Algarve region due to severe drought conditions.
In the thriving landscape of Serbian agriculture, recognition for top farmers reached new heights last year through the ‘Blic Top Farmer’ project, supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Serbian Chamber of Commerce.
It’s invisible, and you can’t see it until it’s too late; internal fruit rot is a significant problem for field-grown capsicum growers, as it remains unseen until the consumer cuts into the vegetable, leading to rejections by retailers and a loss of consumer confidence.
In the rapidly warming Arctic, Inuit homes arefalling into the oceanas coastlines quickly deteriorate. Sea ice melting is giving way to newpowerful cyclones. And as the permafrost thaws, astaggering amount of methaneis released, pushing the planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions in the Earth’s atmosphere to even more dangerous levels.
Nearly a century after the mass agricultural disaster known as the Dirty ’30s, drought conditions on the Prairies are once again raising the risk that farmers’ valuable topsoil will go blowing in the wind.
Arecent report finds the federal government is spending billions on crop failures caused by extreme weather -- and it’s only growing more expensive.Crop insurance payouts surpassed $118 billion between 2001 and 2022 nationally for damage caused by extreme weather such as drought, heat and floods.
The State government will release the first instalment of compensation money to 30 lakh farmers in the next one week, Revenue Minister Krishna Byregowda said here on Friday.
As demand for sustainably grown produce increases, growers often face a dilemma. They may want to grow crops for this market but find that premiums for sustainably produced items may not be enough to match the added costs.
A farmer from Varca expressed dismay that his crops, banana plantation etc were destroyed by wildlife causing him heavy losses.The farmer, Santolin Fernandes, who lives in Betalbatim, said he has the field measuring 500 square metres and along with his team, had been working hard to prepare the fields for the rabi season.
Although it is not nearly as cold as in Canada or some parts of the US, the state of Florida has been impacted by cooler weather lately. “It has been cool, rainy, and overcast for at least the past month,” says Geoff Taft with Pioneer Growers.
Kashmir is known for its enchanting winter vistas, is currently experiencing an unusual and disconcerting phenomenon – a snowless winter. This climatic anomaly has cast a dark shadow over Kashmir’s thriving Rs 10,000 crore fruit industry, raising serious concerns within the Valley.
By mid-January, the stock of onions stored at room temperature in the hands of producers in Spain "is very limited" and, of this stock, "the amount of quality onions to be packaged in nets or supermarket bags is minimal," says Fermín Utrilla, from Biodiversa.