BASF and Proagrica have signed a development and operation agreement to bring one of the first farm management system interfaces to market
Agriculture
Improved upland vegetable production with foliar feeding
Foliar feeding using soluble products is an effective method of providing nutrients to a plant and can help to improve the production of upland vegetables from the latest issue of Far Eastern Agriculture, available online from 23rd August
East-West Seed to support on agricultural productivity in Cambodia
![Michel Devarrewaere, vice-president of East-West Seed, Ty Sokhun, secretary of State of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Cambodia, Marieke van Schie, team leader-CHAIN, SNV Cambodia. (Image source: East-West Seed)](/images/jch-optimize/ng/images_East-west.webp)
Michel Devarrewaere, vice-president of East-West Seed, Ty Sokhun, secretary of State of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Cambodia, Marieke van Schie, team leader-CHAIN, SNV Cambodia. (Image source: East-West Seed)
East-West Seed has held launching ceremony in Cambodia on 17 August 2017, where it stressed on boosting the productivity and sustainability of the vegetable sector by providing quality seeds and training to the farmers in the country
Genes to confer resistance to multiple plant leaf diseases
![The gene appears to confer a small but important disease-resistance effect on corn plant. (Image source: Erica Firment/Flickr)](/images/jch-optimize/ng/images_Corn__disease.webp)
The gene appears to confer a small but important disease-resistance effect on corn plant. (Image source: Erica Firment/Flickr)
The researchers at North Carolina State University have found a specific gene in corn that appears to be associated with resistance to two to three different plant leaf diseases
GroGenesis announce Sadru Habib as Managing Director in Southeast Asia for distribution of organic agricultural input, AgraBurst PRO
GroGenesis, Inc, a global sustainable agriculture company and producer of AgraBurst PRO™, an organic, non-GMO agricultural input for growers crops including fruit, vegetables, palm and rice, announced Mr. Sadru Habib as Managing Director for GroGenesis, Inc. for countries in the Southeast Asia region including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Vietnam