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2023.02.20
Mango exports to US to get boost
With the setting up of the fourth irradiation facility at Ahmedabad, India’s exports of mangoes varieties Kesar, Alphonso and Banganappale to the United States is expected to give a boost in the coming season (April-July).
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2023.02.20
Egg farmers want government to support business
Waiba Poultry and Agricultural Farm of Mechinagar, Jhapa was doing well. The farm owned 5,000 layer chickens and produced 2,520 eggs daily. It looked like the perfect poultry farm success story.
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2023.02.19
"India Needs to Improve Its Post-Harvest Infrastructure," say Experts
According to experts, India's post-harvest infrastructure, including storage facilities, should be improved in order to strengthen the plantation sector.
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2023.02.19
China Promises to Increase Its Support for Malawi's Agriculture Sector
The Chinese Embassy in Malawi made the pledge in Lilongwe at the start of a 3-day programme in which Chinese agricultural experts train over 40 senior extension workers from the country's eight agricultural divisions on rice production.
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2023.02.19
AATF reinstate commitment to improving farmers’ livelihood
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation has restated its commitment to keep its promise of transforming farmers livelihood through innovative agricultural technologies that will improve incomes, food, and nutrition security in sub-Sharan Africa.
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2023.02.18
In Argentina's drought-hit fields, billion dollar losses and farmers going under
In the Argentine town of Ciguena, rancher Andrés Betiger is fighting to keep his farm from going under amid the South American country's worst drought in sixty years, which has pummeled soy, corn and wheat crops and dented cattle herds.
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2023.02.17
Exclusive: China rolls out GMO corn planting, starts small
China will likely plant less than 1% of its corn fields with genetically modified varieties this year, said two people familiar with the plans, dashing hopes for a full market launch of the technology in the world's second-largest corn market.
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2023.02.17
Brazil's exports of agribusiness products exceed $10 billion in January
According to the Secretariat for Trade and International Relations (SCRI) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa), it is the first year in which the value of exports in the sector exceeds US$ 10 billion for the months of January.
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2023.02.17
Argentina’s Drought Hits Economy Hard, Farmers in Trouble
"The worsening drought has created a disaster in Argentina,” said Cristian Russo who heads the agricultural estimates at the Rosario grain exchange.
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2023.02.17
Sugar imports to hurt small farmers, 2 agri groups warn
Leaders of two sugar groups have expressed dismay over an order authorizing the importation of 440,000 metric tons (MT) of refined sugar to temper domestic prices.