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13.11.2024

India - Punjab boosts horticulture with litchi exports and crop diversification initiatives

The government of Punjab, under Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, is focusing on enhancing the economic status of farmers through crop diversification, particularly in horticulture.

13.11.2024

US offshore aquaculture industry launches campaign to increase Congressional support

Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS), a coalition of stakeholders in the U.S. aquaculture industry, has launched a month-long campaign to educate federal lawmakers and their staff about aquaculture and raise support for offshore finfish farming.

13.11.2024

Pakistan - Minister for Agriculture and Livestock chaired a divisional-level review meeting on wheat cultivation

Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Punjab Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani, chaired a divisional-level review meeting on wheat cultivation held at Agriculture House, Lahore.

13.11.2024

Algeria seeks cooperation opportunities with Vietnam in hi-tech agriculture

Representatives of local firms had a meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria Tran Quoc Khanh, as part of his recent visit to the province.

13.11.2024

Namibia - Kelp Blue's biostimulant enhances crop production

The Kelp Blue project in Luderitz is setting the stage for a potential agricultural revolution by creating a biostimulant from seaweed.

13.11.2024

Tunisia Keen To Emulate Ethiopia’s Recent Best Agricultural Productivity Practice

Tunisia has expressed its desire to cooperate with Ethiopia, particularly in the sphere of wheat cultivation and replicate best practice.

12.11.2024

USA - Sonoma County measure to ban animal farms reveals public lack of agriculture knowledge

As of Monday, 85.3% of Sonoma County voters have rejected Measure J, an initiative that would have banned or downsized an estimated 21 animal farms in Sonoma County.

12.11.2024

Indian wheat prices hit record high due to strong demand, supply crunch

Indian wheat prices have jumped to a record high due to strong demand, limited supplies, and a delay in the government releasing stocks from its warehouses to augment supplies, industry officials said on Tuesday.

12.11.2024

French Farmers Rally Against Mercosur Trade Deal: A Fight for Future of Agriculture

French farmers are protesting a trade deal with the Mercosur bloc, arguing it threatens their livelihoods by allowing imports produced under lower standards.

12.11.2024

Indonesia - Ministry Of Agriculture Prepares 1.5 Million Hectares Of Land For Cattle Farm Investors

The Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) has prepared an area of 1.5 million hectares (ha) for domestic and foreign investors who are willing to build cattle farms. The farm is for the development of the local dairy industry.

12.11.2024

Netherlands - Agriculture giants snatching up farms out from under gov't buyout scheme

Agricultural giants like Van Drie and Klaremelk are buying up farms on the Veluwe, including from farmers who were negotiating with the government to close down their businesses.

12.11.2024

China - AI-powered model enhances rice lodging detection for improved agricultural outcomes

By leveraging advanced convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture and intelligent optimization algorithms, an AI-powered model significantly surpasses conventional techniques, offering enhanced accuracy and reduced computational costs.

11.11.2024

US envoy launches Climate-Smart Agriculture programme to aid Pakistani farmers

US Ambassador Donald Blome on Monday inaugurated a five-year Climate-Smart Agriculture initiative at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), aimed at equipping Pakistani farmers with sustainable methods to address climate challenges and improve crop resilience.

11.11.2024

Philippines farm, fisheries production down by 3.7% in third quarter

The countrys farm and fisheries production value went down by 3.7% year-on-year to P397.43 billion for the third quarter, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said.

11.11.2024

Fresh typhoon hits northern Philippines as crop damage rises

A tropical storm that strengthened over the weekend made landfall as a typhoon in the northern Philippines, as the country grapples with millions of dollars in crop damage from a series of relentless cyclones this year.

11.11.2024

Montenegro - Citrus fruit producers in Ulcinj suffered a lot of damage: Blight and flies cut the crop in half

There are practically no fruits on about 180 mandarin trees, out of a total of about 300.000, claims the president of the Agrumi Ulcinj Association, Franjo Maković.

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