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PH bananas want to regain market share in Japan
The Philippine government is asking Japan to set the next general review of its free trade agreement (FTA) as the country has offensive interests in agriculture.
Agri-tech company Azaylla joins hands with ERECON to help farmers
An ERECON-trained farmers’ farm in Srey Santhor district, Kampong Cham province, grows mustard greens, cabbage, lettuce, and green onions–all produce Azaylla will offtake to supply businesses. ERECON
Mexico opens door for GM corn in feed, industrial uses
Mexico on Monday scrapped a deadline to ban genetically modified corn for animal feed and industrial use amid trade tensions with the United States.
Arunachal Agriculture minister asks tea growers to adopt organic cultivation methods
Arunachal Pradesh Agriculture and Horticulture minister Tage Taki has exhorted the tea growers in the state to move towards becoming fully organic in their cultivation methods.
From Biryani to Beer, ICAR-IIMR Spearheads Value Addition of Millets to Make India the Global Hub of the 'Lost Grain'
The Indian Institute of Millets Research in Hyderabad has been successful in transferring technologies to commercialize millets for value-added food products. The institute has developed over 70 food processing technologies for a wide range of millets.
Food production for the future climate
”We seem to have forgotten why food is being produced” stressed Saa Dittoh – Adjunct Professor of Food Systems at WACWISA – in a meeting that kicked off the CIRAWA project in Valladolid, Spain, on 25-26 January.
Revisions possible for Argentina corn, wheat carryouts
There should be changes to 2022-23 Argentina corn and wheat endings stocks, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) attaché in Buenos Aires.
India goes all out to popularise millet
India has taken the challenge of food security in the right earnest and has taken all possible steps to boost the production of millets in line with the UN declaration of 2023 as the 'International Year of Millets.
Kashmiri Farmers Boost Income by Cultivating High Density Lemon & Strawberry Using Govt Schemes
Farmers in Marore village in Udhampur district, India, have increased their income by cultivating high-density lemon and strawberry farming, thanks to government schemes.
How to Properly Store Livestock Feed for Preservation
Africa’s livestock agriculture industry is essential to the global economy and future food security. It accounts for one-third of the world’s livestock population and 40% of the global gross domestic product.