C4 rice research hopes to develop a new type of rice with improved photosynthesis capacity. (Image source: IRRI)

The pursuit to rein in hunger with the development of a cutting-edge rice of the future has received a financial boost, and is now rolling into its second phase

Cargill’s aims to develop and scale up sustainable cocoa supply chains in Côte dIvoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Brazil and Vietnam. (Image source: lolay/flickr)

Cargill is planning to extend its sustainable cocoa programme to South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, the world’s third-largest cocoa-producing nation

Robusta coffee can suffer severe losses from coffee leaf rust and other leaf and fruit diseases unless protected with copper fungicide. (Image source: Dr Terry Mabbett)

Copper fungicides are still the most widely used protectant fungicides for tree crop disease control in the tropics, having undergone continuous development in formulation technology and spray application technique over the last 100 plus years

Maize harvest is expected to be the lowest in nine years. (Image source: Wikimedia)

In a new forecast, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation reveals that world cereal production will be reduced by 2.6 per cent by the end of 2012 following last years record crop