It is essential that farmers impose practices that do not alter the natural environmental cycles while producing avocados, coffee and citrus fruits. (Image source: sandid/Pixabay)
A study by researchers at University of Maryland found how Western appetites for foods like avocados, coffee and citrus fruit are threatening global food security, having looked at 40 years of data
The outlook project yield improvements and higher production intensity, driven by technological innovation. (Image source: Pexels/Pixabay)
Global demand for agricultural products is projected to grow by 15 per cent over the coming decade, while agricultural productivity growth is expected to increase slightly faster, according to an annual report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Cabbage stem flea beetle numbers have been increasing since the 2013 ban on neonicotinoid seed treatments in OSR with serious yield losses, especially in the East and South-East of the country. (Image source: AJC1/Flickr)
Rothamsted Research is asking oilseed rape (OSR) growers to send samples of adult cabbage stem flea beetles collected at harvest to assess levels of both pesticide resistance and parasitisation by natural enemies in the UK
The ministers promoted Canadian canola and other agricultural products. (Image source: ally j/Pixabay)
The government of Alberta has participated in a trade mission to Japan and South Korea led by Jim Carr, international trade diversification minister, to promote Alberta’s agriculture and forestry industry and expand market diversification
Sustainability is at the heart of agriculture and smart technologies allow to become more eco-friendly. (Image source: Adele Payman/Unsplash)
The agriculture sector is experiencing its fourth revolution with all the technological innovations in smart farming and animal husbandry, according to TradeMachines, a metasearch engine for used machines
