Agriculture is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases after fossil fuels. Half of its environmental footprint is due to gas emissions from livestock far... Lire la suite...
The COVID-19 crisis will double the number of people suffering from a food crisis to 265 million, according to an estimate by the United Nations Food Programme ... Lire la suite...
Russia has announced a suspension of exports of wheat, barley, maize and rye until 1 July to protect its domestic market from shortages due to the coronavirus c... Lire la suite...
There is no better place to get a sense of the bustling life of West African towns and cities than their major food markets. Nobody who has shopped in one of th... Lire la suite...
In Wisconsin and Ohio, farmers dump thousands of litres of fresh milk into lagoons and manure pits. A farmer in Idaho dug huge ditches to bury a million pounds ... Lire la suite...
Global locust damage could cost $8.5 billion, according to the World Bank, if swift action is not taken to control the invasion. Currently, locust swarms have a... Lire la suite...
Containment and quarantine measures and border closures, by restricting the movement of bees, are likely to have an impact on global agricultural production. In... Lire la suite...
The coronavirus crisis reveals one of the Gulf States' greatest vulnerabilities: they import 90% of their food while global food chains are disrupted. The begin... Lire la suite...
Having received nearly 500 entries from startups and academic R&D teams across the globe, applicants to the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP’s) ... Lire la suite...
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In December 2019, Kenya decided to authorise the commercialisation of transgenic cotton within the country. “This should help farmers... Lire la suite...
Ukraine is one of the world’s top grain producers. The Eastern European country earned the nickname “Europe’s breadbasket.” Just how extensive Ukraine’s farmlan... Lire la suite...
The coronavirus pandemic poses a real risk of food shortages on the world market, according to the FAO, WHO and WTO. The UN organisations fear a wave of stock r... Lire la suite...
Global coffee consumption is likely to fall considerably as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. This was estimated by the International Coffee Organization (I... Lire la suite...
Will blockchain be a breakthrough technology for the future or simply a source of false hopes? Revealed to the general public through cryptocurrencies, it is no... Lire la suite...
According to Rabobank, the coronavirus pandemic and the fall in oil prices have led to a 9% decrease in the prices of agricultural products in 30 days. Sugar ha... Lire la suite...
Lockdowns and panic food buying due to the coronavirus pandemic could ignite world food inflation even though there are ample supplies of staple grains and oils... Lire la suite...
Some governments are moving to secure domestic food supplies during the conoravirus pandemic. Kazakhstan, one of the world’s biggest shippers of wheat flour, ba... Lire la suite...
According to the International Grains Council (IGC), the global production of grains could reach 2.22 billion tonnes, i.e. a slight rise of 2% compared with las... Lire la suite...
The global spread of the coronavirus epidemic is significantly disrupting the functioning of agricultural markets. Operators fear a decrease in trade, while the... Lire la suite...
The Canadian agtech startup Transport Genie is a precision monitoring company that is focused on monitoring microclimate conditions as animals are being transpo... Lire la suite...
Benson Hill, the crop genetics startup based out of St Louis, Missouri, is working to improve the sustainability credentials of the leading source of plant-base... Lire la suite...
In East Africa the Coronavirus pandemic is holding up the fight against the swarms of locusts that have been devastating crops in several countries of the regio... Lire la suite...