The latest news from the agricultural sector
2024-05-13
Adapt, assess, progress: Integrating measures of women’s empowerment into rural development projects
A new tool developed by IFPRI and IFAD. Read more
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2024-05-08
Soaring cocoa prices: Diverse impacts and implications for key West African producers
Effects of climate change and El Niño. Read more
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2024-05-06
To improve Africa’s soil health and plant nutrition, empower women farmers
A contintental summit offers an important opportunity. Read more
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2024-05-01
Research-backed policy to eliminate miniket rice in Bangladesh will improve nutrition
Over-processing removes essential nutrients. Read more
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2024-04-29
Exploring gender roles and women’s empowerment in the coffee value chain and coffee cooperatives: Evidence from Mexico
Women in rural coffee production face opportunities and obstacles. Read more
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2024-04-25
Addressing the global, life-long health impacts of zinc deficiency: A call to action
What an array of studies shows about a key nutritional challenge. Read more
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2024-12-05
Some Crops Tolerate Ozone Pollution Better Than Others, Study Finds
Differences in the photosynthetic "machinery" of certain crop plants can make them more or less prone to harm caused by ground-level ozone pollution, according to a recent
Proceedings of the... Read more
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2024-11-17
USDA Introduces a Multi-Year Plan to Strengthen U.S. Genebank Management of Plant Germplasm
, November 17, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released today the
National Strategic Germplasm and Cultivar Collection Assessment and Utilization Plan in support of the Agricultural... Read more
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2024-11-15
USDA Unveils Updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released a new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM), updating this valuable tool for gardeners and researchers for the first time since 2012.... Read more
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2024-11-13
USDA Researchers Confirm Six Unique Strains of African Swine Fever Virus
Development suggests a lower number of vaccines to combat ASFV outbreaks Read more
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2024-11-03
USDA Holds Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the Sam Farr United States Crop Improvement and Protection Research Center in Salinas, California
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today for the opening of the newly constructed Sam Farr United States Crop Improvement and... Read more
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2024-11-01
USDA Scientist Recognized for Transforming Food Safety Systems and Protecting the World’s Food Supply
USDA scientist
Joseph Capobianco, a research engineer for the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), has received a 2022
Arthur S. Flemming Award for his innovative research that enhances the... Read more
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