The focus is on strengthening sustainable agriculture development in China, southeast Asia and Africa. (Image source: 41330/Pixabay)
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS) have signed a partnership agreement to support smallholder farmers through technological innovation
The aim is to design and develop weed management strategies that are effective and sustainable. (Image source: photoAC/Pixabay)
A team of scientists from Rothamsted Research have successfully adapted genetic techniques developed for crop improvement to be used in weeds – allowing them, for the first time, to directly study the genetics responsible for herbicide resistance
Now is the time to protect the flow of food around the world, according to FAO chief economist. (Image source: PublicDomainPictures/Pixabay)
As the governments are taking measures such as banning grain exports and suspending flour sales abroad to ensure their own food security in COVID-19 escalations, this could trigger a food crisis in the world, according to the UN
These diseases challenge temperate-grown wheat and rice, respectively and so jeopardise the security of our two most important calorie crops. (Image source: Hans/Pixabay)
As pathogenic fungi pose a huge and growing threat to global food security, Exeter researchers have discovered a novel chemistry to protect crops from fungal disease
The organisations jointly agree to host the “e-Agriculture Innovations Challenge” to be held in Islamabad to address the pressing challenges facing agriculture sector. (Image source: Trung Hieu Dang/Pixabay)
Shoaib Ahmed Siddique, secretary IT and telecommunication in Pakistan and Minà Dowlatchahi, FAO representative, have virtually signed an MoU to thwart any delay imposed by worldwide social distancing in the wake of COVID-19
