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2023.03.28
Smart technologies help facilitate spring farming across China
With smart technologies facilitating spring farming, more than 36,700 square kilometers of grain have been sown so far across China.
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2023.03.27
IFAD loan of 5 million euros to Mauritania to help strengthen the resilience of marginalized rural populations
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania have signed a loan agreement for 5 million euros.
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2023.03.27
UK farming blamed for ‘more than a quarter of particle pollution in cities’
London, Birmingham and Leicester are hit by particle pollution created more from agriculture than other sources from the cities themselves, according to a new research
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2023.03.27
Farmers Should Play Role of Entrepreneurs in Market, says AC&RI Dean
Good value addition and marketing methods would promote increased market value for Agri-products, said Dean Dr. P.P. Mahendran of the Agricultural College and Research Institute (AC&RI).
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2023.03.27
CM Mann Promises Compensation for Crop Loss; Launches Crop Insurance Scheme
CM Mann stated that the Punjab government will be committed to the welfare of the farmers and farm labourers.
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2023.03.27
Malaysia aims for milk self-sufficiency by 2025, but more needs to be done to help farmers
Currently, less than half of about 80 million litres of milk consumed each year are produced locally, while the rest is imported.
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2023.03.26
Backyard Farms Lettuce Launches from Florida & Colorado
Naples Fresh in Naples, Florida – was looking for a strong marketing partner to fuel its lettuce sales, while the other – Spring Born in Silt, Colorado – was forced to idle its operations late last year due to insufficient retail presence.
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2023.03.26
Ag trade deficits — not surpluses — may be the new normal
Nearly drowned out in all the farm group cheering that U.S. ag exports hit a record high $196 billion last year was the inarguable fact that U.S. ag imports also hit a record high, $199 billion, or $3 billion more than ag exports.
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2023.03.26
Better spinach through AI: Tokyo startup automates seedling selection
TOKYO -- A Japanese agricultural startup has developed technology that uses artificial intelligence to assess the growth and potential of spinach seedlings, aiming to reduce food loss by increasing yields and efficiency.