Brazil Anvisa releases 2,4-D with application restrictions2019-05-22Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency, the Anvisa, concluded the re-evaluation of 2,4-D and has decided to maintain the approval of the herbicide in the Brazilian market. The analysis of the scientific studies and data on the use of the agrochemical in Brazil indicated tha...
The trade dispute between America and China affects the global agricultural sector2019-05-09Trumps “tactical twitter tweet” threatening additional tariffs might, hopefully, just be one more layer of strategy to pressure the Chinese government into speeding up the process of coming to a trade deal and so balance the trade deficit that Washington has with Beijing. In this...
U.S. EPA reaffirms finding that glyphosate does not cause cancer2019-05-05The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking an important step in the agency’s review of glyphosate . As part of this action, EPA continues to find that there are no risks to public health when glyphosate is used in accordance with its current label and that glyphosat...
Kenya reconsidering GMO crop ban to support food security2019-05-05Kenya is reconsidering its 2012 import ban on genetically modified maize as more than 1 million of its citizens require urgent humanitarian food assistance due to prolonged drought.“In the next one or two months, we will have a decision about the future of that ban,’’ said Profes...
CRISPRed wheat helps farmers control weeds2019-04-17Nicosulfuron tolerant wheat. - Credit: IGDBChinese farmers are facing worsening problems with jointed goatgrass (Aegilops tauschii) - a close relative to wheat - growing in their wheat fields.Currently, mesosulfuron is the only wheat-registered foliar-applied herbicide that provi...
Pre-crop values from satellite images to support diversification of agriculture2019-04-12Pre-crop values for a high number of previous and following crop combinations originating from farmers' fields are, for the first time, available to support diversification of currently monotonous crop sequencing patterns in agriculture. The groundbreaking method utilizing satell...
Dubai-based gene bank data now to be available worldwide2019-04-12A Dubai-based gene bank containing the world’s largest collections of genetic material of heat- and salt-tolerant plant species has officially been made available to farmers, plant breeders and scientists for the sustainable production of food from plants around the globe.The mov...
Chinese "Green Super Rice" promotes sustainable agriculture development in Asia and Africa2019-04-03Chinese agriculture scientists have bred new rice varieties named "Green Super Rice (GSR)" for developing Asian and African countries to reduce hunger and increase local farmers' income.Supported by the Chinese government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the project has b...
