All of the countries with cassava mealybug populations are now equipped with the technical skills to quickly produce and release the wasps on a large scale. (Image source: International Center for Tropical Agriculture )
Wasps can help protect cassava plants against the fatal mealybug, according to an FAO project
The methodology was reportedly first trialled at Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences in China. (Image source: Net Efekt/Flickr)
A team of plant geneticists is testing a rapid method of producing new varieties of wheat and barley ready for field trials in Australia
Indonesia is world’s third-biggest grower of coffee’s robusta variety. (Image source: Stirling Noyes/Flickr)
Indonesia is expected to produce 711,000 metric tonnes of coffee beans in 2014, an Agriculture Ministry official said, up 2.9 per cent from the 691,000 tonnes produced in 2013
Indian exports have already been slowing due to aggressive sales by Thailand and Vietnam. (Image source: Melanie Martinelli/sxc.hu)
Thailand is set to reclaim its status as the world’s top rice exporter as weak monsoon rains curb India’s crop, helping the Southeast Asian country’s new government offload excess stockpiles
Agricultural credit flow achievement was $122bn, as against the target of $116bn in 2013-14. (Image source: Andy Fell/Flickr)
India’s agricultural exports, including aquaculture products, increased 5.1 per cent to US$37.29bn in 2013-14, due to the rise in exports of rice
