seed crop News
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Bayer to invest a total of 60 million euros in its Ukrainian seed production site
Company was part of delegation led by German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck to Kyiv this week Bayer underscores commitment to Ukraine and to help rebuild the economy Investment adds to earlier 200 million euro spending for seed production and multiple efforts to support Ukraine Bayer has revealed an investment of overall 60 million euros from 2023 onwards in its corn seed ...
By Bayer AG
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Farmers hit by Typhoon Haiyan need urgent assistance
Hundreds of thousands of farmers in the Philippines whose crops were destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan need urgent assistance to sow new seeds before the end of the current planting season, FAO warned today. The typhoon caused damage in the central part of the country to the 2013 main season rice crop, harvesting of which was well advanced. It also badly disrupted planting of the current 2013-2014 ...
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Annan to Head Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Cape Town, South Africa (ENS) - The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa today announced the appointment of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan as its first chairman. Speaking at the World Economic Forum on Africa meeting in Cape Town, where he is delivering a keynote address on African agriculture, Annan said he hopes to use his new positon to help farmers across the ...
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Major crop losses in Central America due to El Niño
Prolonged dry weather associated with the El Niño phenomenon has severely reduced this year’s cereal outputs in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, putting a large numbers of farmers in need of agricultural assistance as the subregion tries to recover amidst ongoing dryness, FAO said today. This is the second consecutive year that the region's main season cereal harvest ...
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