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Climate Smart Agriculture: Mapping guidance on climate change

The CEIL PEAKS programme contracted GCAP to produce a report as guidance for DFID country offices on actions needed to address the predicted impacts, both negative and positive, of climate change on agriculture and the potential adaptation measures. Fourteen examples of guidance on agriculture and climate adaptation are reviewed under section headings: Framing Guidance on Adaptation; Scanning ...

Dec. 3, 2013

By Global Climate Adaptation Partnership (GCAP)

Over 500 attendees join the agri-evolution!

Agribusiness Congress East Africa 2016 brought over 500 agri-professionals, including visitors, conference delegates and exhibitors to Mlimani City Conference Centre - and that was just day one. Before we kick-off the agri-evolution for one more day, here are some highlights from yesterday. The official welcome ceremony was opened by Agriculture Portfolio Director, Emmanuelle Nicholls ...

Jan. 28, 2016

By Spintelligent (Pty) Ltd - part of Clarion Events

Topcon announces new regional sales manager for South Australia and Northern Territory

Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) introduces Stewart McMillan as the new regional sales manager for the South Australia and Northern Territory regions. In his new position, McMillan will be responsible for helping build and manage relationships with dealers and key accounts. He will report to Phil Hubbard, APAC sales and customer support manager. “Stewart has a passion for the ...

Oct. 14, 2014

By Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) - a subsidiary of Topcon Positioning Systems Inc (TPS)

Agriculture Gives Unmanned Aerial Vehicles a New Purpose

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), sometimes referred to as “drones,” have found a use beyond the military. According to Rory Paul, founder and CEO of Volt Aerial Robotics, a UAV company, the sky’s the limit for what these devices offer farmers. “UAVs will be very useful, efficient and economical in scouting crops for diseases and other pests and also for surveying crop ...

Apr. 14, 2014

By United Soybean Board (USB)

Topcon Precision Agriculture names two new vice presidents

Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) announces the promotions of Michael Bourke to the position of vice president, sales, and Michael Gomes to vice president, business development. In his new role, Bourke will define, build and manage global sales to optimize market opportunities for the company. Albert Zahalka, TPA president said, “Michael Bourke has more than 20 years of industry ...

Mar. 24, 2014

By Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) - a subsidiary of Topcon Positioning Systems Inc (TPS)

Topcon names Wilson new agricultural test engineer for North America product testing

Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) has named Jared Wilson as ag test engineer for the North America market. Wilson will report to Kurtis Kenne, TPA manager of global field testing. Kenne said, “Jared brings a well-rounded ag background to this position. In addition to growing up on a family farm in Iowa, he has a degree in Agronomy and has worked in both the crop and equipment sides of ...

Jan. 6, 2014

By Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) - a subsidiary of Topcon Positioning Systems Inc (TPS)

Topcon announces Ochs as North American agriculture customer support manager

Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) announces Jared Ochs has joined the company as customer support manager for North America. He will be located in Olathe, Kansas and will report to Robert Lindgren, TPA director of global customer support. Ochs has a background in the precision agriculture industry and most recently worked as the integrated solutions manager at Concordia Tractor, Inc., a John ...

Feb. 25, 2015

By Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) - a subsidiary of Topcon Positioning Systems Inc (TPS)

USSEC Speaks Science & Sustainability to Support Soy Food Consumption in Taiwan

USSEC is raising the voice of science and sustainability in U.S. soybean trade to Taiwan while offering consumers the choice of both genetically modified organism (GMO) and non-GMO U.S. soybeans. In 2014/2015, the United States ranked #1 with $669 million in total soybean sales to the island nation that depends on imports. Yet, consumer and political challenges to biotechnology confront U.S. ...

Jun. 12, 2016

By U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC)

Symposium Tackles Golden Horseshoe’s Ag Identity

The Town of Lincoln and Niagara College hosted an agricultural symposium last week, inviting 90 people in the agricultural sector from across the Golden Horseshoe to talk about growing the food and farming cluster in the region. In the photo, answering questions from the audience are presenters, from left: VRIC CEO Jim Brandle, GHFFA executive director Janet Horner, Food and Beverage Ontario ...

May 10, 2016

By Vineland Research and Innovations Centre Inc

Sentera Launches Revolutionary Fixed-Wing Phoenix 2 Imaging UAV

Sentera Phoenix 2: The Most Precise Grid Pattern the Market Has Seen Sentera, LLC, a global provider of UAV hardware, sensors, and data management platforms, brings a whole new level of control to users with the Phoenix 2 Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), launched today. The Sentera Phoenix 2 is lightweight and highly durable, and may be the most precise drone available today. ...

Jul. 28, 2016

By Sentera, Inc.

Ag Energy Coalition Commends USDA for Releasing Clean Energy Investment Map

A new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) website presents a comprehensive map of clean energy development throughout the United States. The Ag Energy Coalition commends USDA for providing Americans clear data on the scope of this effort to date and the impact that USDA’s energy programs are making from coast to coast. Ag Energy Coalition co-director Lloyd Ritter issued the following ...

Jan. 19, 2012

By U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Mapping and modeling eastern US food production

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are mapping an array of county-level data from Maine to Virginia on weather, soil, land use, water availability and other elements. Then they'll use their map to model potential crop production and find out where local food production could meet current and projected demand—and where it won't. Until recently, low fuel prices have contributed to the ...

Sep. 2, 2009

By The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - USDA

Sentera Launches Revolutionary Fixed - Wing Phoenix 2 Imaging UAV

Sentera, LLC, a global provider of UAV hardware, sensors and data management platforms, brings a whole new level of control to users with the Phoenix 2 Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), launched today. The Phoenix 2 is light-weight and highly durable, and may be the most precise drone available today. “The Phoenix 2 brings a level of precision and accuracy to UAVs that hasn’t ...

Jun. 9, 2016

By Sentera, Inc.

Abandoned farmland widespread in central and eastern Europe

A new study suggests that abandoned farmland is widespread in Europe and that not all land that has been abandoned is unsuitable for farming. Understanding how abandoned farmland is distributed may be important for making land management decisions – for instance, recultivation versus reversion to forest. To meet the future demands of a growing population, it may be necessary to increase ...

Dec. 18, 2013

By European Commission, Environment DG

AgEagle Aerial Systems Announces Acquisition of MicaSense for $23 Million

AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE American: UAVS) (“AgEagle” or the “Company”), an industry leading drone systems and solutions provider, today announced the Company has agreed to acquire MicaSense, Inc. from Parrot (Euronext Paris: PARRO), Europe’s leading drone group, in a combined cash and stock transaction valued at $23 million. Based in Seattle, Washington, ...

Jan. 27, 2021

By AgEagle Aerial Systems

Greater focus on soil health needed to feed a hungry planet

More attention to the health and management of the planet's soils will be needed to meet the challenge of feeding a growing world population while coping with climate change and increased scarcity of natural resources, FAO Deputy Director-General Maria Helena Semedo today told a group of leading soil scientists and research organizations gathered at the UN agency's Rome headquarters to mark World ...

Dec. 5, 2013

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Multiple datasets combined to make first global cropland and field size maps

A global cropland percentage map and a global field size map have been created for the first time to guide scientists and policymakers interested in global agricultural modelling and assessment. Both maps are for the baseline year 2005 and combined multiple data sets from global, regional and national levels to achieve a high level of accuracy and 1 km2 resolution. As the global population ...

Oct. 22, 2015

By European Commission, Environment DG

African soil diversity mapped for the first time

A team of international experts has drawn up the Soil Atlas of Africa — the first such book mapping this key natural resource — to help farmers, land managers and policymakers understand the diversity and importance of soil and the need to manage it through sustainable use. They say that despite soil's importance, most people in Africa lack knowledge about it, partly because ...

May 20, 2013

By SciDev.Net

Satellite mapping reveals agricultural slowdown in Latin America: UBC study

For the first time, satellite mapping of Latin America shows that the continent’s agricultural expansion has waned in the wake of the global economic downturn, according to UBC research. “Nearly every agricultural region across Latin America slowed down in expansion from 2007 to 2013, compared to the previous six years,” says Jordan Graesser, the study’s lead author. ...

May 13, 2015

By The University of British Columbia, Continuing Studies Centre for Sustainability

Topcon acquires Digi-Star, a global leader in precision agriculture

Topcon Positioning Group announces the acquisition of Digi-Star, a global leader in agricultural solutions involving weight sensors and control systems for feeding, planting, fertilizer, and harvest equipment manufacturers. “After several years of working on development projects together, we are delighted with this acquisition. Digi-Star and Topcon Precision Agriculture are a perfect fit, ...

Mar. 23, 2015

By Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA) - a subsidiary of Topcon Positioning Systems Inc (TPS)