South Korea has announced a halt of import on Canadian wheat and flour after a discovery of genetically modified plants in southern Alberta, located in Western Canada
Agriculture
Myanmar launches new agriculture development strategy
Myanmar has launched a new agriculture development strategy (ADS) for a period of next five years, a move that aims to transform the country’s agri-development agenda
Child labour in agriculture is increasing, driven by conflict and disasters: FAO
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FAO is working with local communities and refugees to teach them about the dangerous effect of child labour. (Image source: United Nations Photo/Flickr)
After years of steady decline, child labour in agriculture has started to rise again in recent years, threatening efforts to end global hunger and poverty, according to FAO as it observed World Day Against Child Labour
Political leaders appeal for greater efforts to tackle global food issues
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Speakers at the event said we need to steer the planet in a new direction with the health of the planet at the center. (Image source: EAT)
Political leaders at the fifth annual EAT Stockholm Food Forum called for greater efforts to tackle issues plaguing the global food system
IRRI partners with Intertek on rice DNA markers
![IRRI said that the partnership would result in better service for Intertek clients. (Image source: International Rice Research Institute)](/images/jch-optimize/ng/images_IRRI__Intertek.webp)
IRRI said that the partnership would result in better service for Intertek clients. (Image source: International Rice Research Institute)
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) said that it has entered a partnership with Intertek, an industrial testing services provider to allow the company use rice DNA markers that IRRI develops