What’s Better: A Food Forest or Developed Farmland?
A food forest incorporates herbs, fruit and nut trees, perennial vegetables, shrubs and vines in dense layers to create a rich matrix of productive...
Market outlook and key players in the crop monitoring market
Crop monitoring involves the increasing adoption of remote sensing and the Internet of Things (IoT) by farmers to optimize their crop yields and promote...
Market outlook and key players in the precision planting market
Precision planting is technology-based seeding and plantation of crops that require accurate control of plant population and specific spacing between crops and along the...
Natural solutions paramount for effective plant pest management
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Inter-governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) held a joint consultative workshop on biological...
DLG extends cooperation with International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) for congress in Philippines
DLG (German Agricultural Society) to support International Rice Congress , 16-19 October, in Manila, Philippines; DLG to apply experience from rice features at Agritechnica...
TOMRA Food reveals first details about its new research orchard
Scientific research into the causes and effects of growing conditions on fruit will make sorting and grading even more effective
TOMRA Food has revealed...
New Methodology to Slash Methane Emissions from Rice Cultivation and Empower Smallholder Farmers
Globally, around 8% of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions are produced by growing rice. If rice production was a country, emissions associated with it would...
UFS enhances food security with affordable and healthy solutions
Addressing the issue of food security in South Africa, Dr Brandon van Rooyen from the Department of Sustainable Food Systems and Development and Manager...
FAO to Establish Fall Armyworm Research Hub in Kenya
As part of the Global Action for Fall Armyworm Control (GA), the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has chosen Kenya as one...
Study exposes the stark reality of drought resilience among smallholder livestock farmers
The agricultural sector is marked by farmers’ daily struggles, including price hikes, food security, climate change effects, and pest and disease outbreaks.
Prof Yonas T...