Philippine startup develops AI tool to mitigate crop loss
A student-developed mobile app in the Philippines aims to reduce agricultural losses using AI-powered farm risk monitoring.
01.04.2025
01.04.2025
India - Darjeeling tea industry stares at crop loss for premium first flush tea due to weather vagaries
The Darjeeling tea industry, which has already been reeling under financial crisis, is now staring at a crop loss for its premium first flush tea due to vagaries of the weather.
01.04.2025
USA - Bill introduced to make feral swine eradication program permanent
U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Katie Britt (R-AL) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) have introduced theFeral Swine Eradication Act, which would extend and make permanent apilot programto safeguard public health, agriculture and local ecosystems against the threat of feral swine.
31.03.2025
USA - Pritzker moves to slash cover crop funds despite rising demand
When Steve Stierwalt studied agriculture at the University of Illinois in the 1970s, soil health wasn’t commonly taught or discussed. Faculty often told their young farming students to put all their faith in commercial fertilizers.
31.03.2025
Pakistan - Swat fruits, crops production may face 70-80pc loss due to untimely rain, heavy hailstorm
This severe weather event highlights the vulnerability of agricultural regions to climate change and extreme weather patterns.
31.03.2025
EU urged to provide guarantee to Irish livestock exporters
An Irish MEP has urged the EU to provide a guarantee to Irish livestock exporters that they will continue to have full access to the Single Market as they discuss animal welfare concerns in Brussels.
31.03.2025
India - Goa approves sea cage farming to boost sustainable aquaculture
The Goa Fisheries Department has granted initial approval for five applicants to install sea cages under the Goa Mariculture Policy.
31.03.2025
Ukraine Advances Bioenergy with Perennial Energy Crops
Energy crops and plantations are key to the development of bioenergy.
31.03.2025
Livestock support project to expand Nigeria's annual vaccine production to 850 million doses
The Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) has announced plans to expand the country’s annual vaccine production to 850 million doses, compared to the current capacity of 120 million doses.
31.03.2025
Philippines researchers studying aquacultural pest as pompano feed
An aquaculture research center operated by Tigbauan, Philippines-based South Eastern Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is conducting a study which could help develop a cost effective – and natural – feed for snubnose pompano.
30.03.2025
USA - Oregon Senate passes bill to improve rules on livestock protection and loss-compensation
The Oregon State Senate has passed a bill to tighten oversight of the Wolf Depredation Program and provide more compensation to farmers who lose livestock to wolf attacks.
30.03.2025
Social licence ‘critical’ for aquaculture as Australian govt rushes protection
As New Zealand King Salmons auditors and designers were putting the finishing touches on their annual report, the Australian Government was rushing through legislation to protect its own salmon industry.
30.03.2025
Livestock major Dabaco invests in 8.2-hectare dry port in northern Vietnam
Vietnams leading livestock firm Dabaco has invested in an 8.2-hectare inland container depot (ICD) in Bac Ninh province, an emerging manufacturing hub in northern Vietnam and home to a Samsung Electronics plant.
30.03.2025
India - Paddy farmers worried over water supply for crops in Karimnagar
Political leaders and farmers associations allege that officials released water from the projects without any planning whenever public representatives sought for water.
30.03.2025
USA - Vermont farms hit by floods, freezes would get state funds for crop and other losses
Farmers would get financial help when extreme weather hurts their business under a bill unanimously passed by the Senate agriculture and appropriations committees.
30.03.2025
Locust invasion threatens Libya’s agricultural heartland
Locust swarms have significantly expanded their reach across Libya, advancing from southern regions into central and northern territories including Sirte, according to Mahdi Al-Tarqi, spokesman for the National Committee for Combating Desert Locusts.