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The trade dispute between America and China affects the global agricultural sector
2019-05-09
Trumps “tactical twitter tweet” threatening additional tariffs might, hopefully, just be one more layer of strategy to pressure the Chinese government into speeding up the process of coming to a trade deal and so balance the trade deficit that Washington has with Beijing. In this...
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Kenya reconsidering GMO crop ban to support food security
2019-05-05
Kenya is reconsidering its 2012 import ban on genetically modified maize as more than 1 million of its citizens require urgent humanitarian food assistance due to prolonged drought.“In the next one or two months, we will have a decision about the future of that ban,’’ said Profes...
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U.S. EPA reaffirms finding that glyphosate does not cause cancer
2019-05-05
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking an important step in the agency’s review of?glyphosate?. As part of this action, EPA continues to find that there are no risks to public health when glyphosate is used in accordance with its current label and that glyphosat...
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CRISPRed wheat helps farmers control weeds
2019-04-17
Nicosulfuron tolerant wheat. - Credit: IGDBChinese farmers are facing worsening problems with jointed goatgrass (Aegilops tauschii) - a close relative to wheat - growing in their wheat fields.Currently, mesosulfuron is the only wheat-registered foliar-applied herbicide that provi...
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Pre-crop values from satellite images to support diversification of agriculture
2019-04-12
Pre-crop values for a high number of previous and following crop combinations originating from farmers' fields are, for the first time, available to support diversification of currently monotonous crop sequencing patterns in agriculture. The groundbreaking method utilizing satell...
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Dubai-based gene bank data now to be available worldwide
2019-04-12
A Dubai-based gene bank containing the world’s largest collections of genetic material of heat- and salt-tolerant plant species has officially been made available to farmers, plant breeders and scientists for the sustainable production of food from plants around the globe.The mov...
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Chinese "Green Super Rice" promotes sustainable agriculture development in Asia and Africa
2019-04-03
Chinese agriculture scientists have bred new rice varieties named "Green Super Rice (GSR)" for developing Asian and African countries to reduce hunger and increase local farmers' income.Supported by the Chinese government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the project has b...
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China’s planting area of soybean and oil plants to increase by at least 0.3 million ha respectively ...
2019-04-03
By Think Real - On 21 February 2019, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (MOA) unveiled the 2019 Work Focus of the Planting Industry, “In 2019, China should strive to increase the planting area of soybean and oil plants by at least 0.3 ...
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New study found glyphosate restrictions could cause Asian farmers’ cost increase by $1.4 to $1.9 bil...
2019-03-29
A new paper published in the journal?Agbioforum?(1) points to higher weed control costs, less effective weed control, more difficult access to fields and lower yields, if farmers in seven Asian countries could no longer use?glyphosate?.The peer reviewed paper written by Graham Br...
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Price & supply trend: China’s market may fluctuate and even reverse due to Xiangshui explosion
2019-03-29
The 21st March explosion at the Tianjiayi Chemical Plant in Yancheng Xiangshui Industrial Park caused heavy casualties. After the incident, nation-wide actions were immediately taken to put in place safety checks on hazardous chemical production, warehousing and transportation en...
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