Vietnam is taking initiatives to protecting rich and diverse rice biodiversity. (Image source: Sasin Tipchai/Pixabay)
Dr Matthew Morell, director-general of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) met with Dr Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Vietnam’s minister of agriculture, to discuss ways to increase the resilience of domestic agriculture to climate change, enhance the productivity and access to markets of rice farmers
The growers need to spray the crop every three weeks, from the time of the first flowering through the last harvesting moment. (Image source: Biobest Group)
Biobest Group has launched Bluestim with an aim to help soft fruit growers with fewer micro-cracks in strawberries, raspberries and blueberries production by reducing the effects of abiotic stress
The chemicals have spread into the environment, affecting human health. (Image source: zefe wu/Pixabay)
Thailand is set to ban hazardous herbicides before the end of 2019, said deputy agriculture minister Manunya Thaiseth as the herbicides are strongly opposed by consumer and environmentalists
There is a direct correlation between the high levels of meat production and the greenhouse emissions. (Image source: Renar/Adobe Stock)
Andre Laperrière, executive director of Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), has highlighted the impact of Western appetite on global warming and the importance to switching to a plant-based diet to help fight climate change
Natural climate solutions can help achieve 37 per cent of climate target. (Image source: Tumisu/Pixabay)
The Rainforest Alliance welcomes the latest IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land as an essential resource and benchmark for policy decision-makers and business leaders
