MEPs at EIMA: a policy for specialised crops
A delegation of 10 parliamentarians visited the agricultural machinery exhibition. A conference, a guided tour and a round table were the programme of an...
Still too many work-related accidents in the agricultural sector
Every year in Italy, 100 to 150 fatal accidents occur in the fields, in the EU 500. And the numbers are underestimated. New-generation machines...
Cassava disease haunts Zambia
Thousands of Zambians in Luapula province in northern Zambia are threatened with hunger after a brown streak and another mysterious disease hit more than...
Minister Lollobrigida: increase productivity with machines, not GMOs
During a meeting held as part of EIMA 2022, the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry said he was in favour of an...
Minister Lollobrigida visiting EIMA International
"Full immersion" of the new Minister of Agriculture in the agricultural machinery exhibition taking place at the Bologna Exhibition Centre. Support for agriculture and...
Robots in the fields are no longer science fiction
In France, the USA and some Eastern European countries, they are already at work on farms. But in Italy, too, the demand for robots...
CABI BioProtection Portal reaches one million milestone
The CABI BioProtection Portal has reached a landmark after recording one million visits to the resource.Since its launch in 2020, more and more growers...
Tingo Mobile launches trade deal for major cocoa farmers in Ghana
Tingo Mobile on Thursday opened a head office in Accra, Ghana and also launched nationwide operations in that country that will focus on the...
The UN’s Agricultural Development Fund finds that its investments in small-scale farming are net...
New research shows that investments in small-scale farmers and poor rural populations in developing countries over 20 years by the International Fund for Agricultural...
Addressing Water Security and Quality Is Essential for Unlocking Agriculture Potential
Africa is in a water crisis. Cattle and giraffe carcasses litter the roads and once-bountiful crop fields yield nothing but sand. Much of Sub-Saharan...