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Agriculture Committee rejects seed regulation

The Agriculture Committee rejected the Commission's proposed seed regulation by 37 votes to two on Tuesday amid concerns that it would give the Commission excessively wide powers and leave member states no room to adapt the rules to their needs. MEPs also said that the proposal failed to meet core objectives such as simplifying the rules and promoting innovation or to deal with plants viewed as ...

Feb. 11, 2014

By European Parliament

Green Super Rice Project Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Workshop held in Bangladesh

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Agricultural Learning and Impacts Network (ALINe) jointly organized theGreen Super Rice (GSR) Project Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Workshop on 8-10 September 2015 at BRAC Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh. This workshop aimed to create a common understanding of GSR in Bangladesh, to look at how the goals of GSR will be achieved and the ...

Sep. 29, 2015

By IRRI - International Rice Research Institute

Rest in peace plant breeding innovation in the EU after the ECJ Ruling?

MEP Christopher Fjellner is organising an event entitled "Rest in Peace Plant Breeding Innovation in the EU after the ECJ Ruling?" on Wednesday, 6th of February 2019, from 16h30 to 18h30 at the European Parliament in Brussels. The European Court of Justice Ruling from 25 July includes plants resulting from new mutagenesis methods under GMO regulation. As a result, Europe risks to lack behind ...

Jan. 22, 2019

By European Seed Association (ESA)

Genetically Modified Crop Industry Continues to Expand

One of the familiar narratives for the promotion of genetically modified (GM) crops is that they have the potential to alleviate poverty and hunger. But the real impacts of GM crops deserve closer assessment, writes Wanqing Zhou, research associate in the Food and Agriculture Program at the Worldwatch Institute, in the Institute’s latest Vital Signs Online article (www.worldwatch.org). The ...

Mar. 24, 2015

By Worldwatch Institute

UN and partners launch 3-year humanitarian plan to help Africa`s Sahel region

The United Nations and humanitarian partners launched a three-year Regional Strategic Response Plan to provide aid to millions of people in nine countries in Africa's Sahel region. The plan seeks to mobilize an initial US$2 billion from international donors in 2014. Some twenty million people are currently at risk of food insecurity in the Sahel and 2.5 million of them need urgent lifesaving ...

Feb. 3, 2014

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

CNH Industrial Australia integrates Horwood Bagshaw agricultural equipment into its tillage & seeding portfolio

CNH Industrial, the manufacturer and distributor of specialist seeding equipment brand Flexi-Coil, announced that it has integrated the Australian agricultural equipment manufacturer Horwood Bagshaw into its portfolio. Michele Lombardi, Executive Managing Director CNH Industrial Australia & New Zealand, said the integration of the brand adds depth to the company’s tillage and seeding ...

Jun. 8, 2018

By Flexi-Coil Australia

Norway lauds FAO rice seed project in typhoon-stricken Philippines

Two months after Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines, Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Børge Brende, lauded FAO for its work in helping rice farmers replace devastated crops with new seeds. Brende visited farmers in Tingib village, Samar province, Eastern Visayas region in the central Philippines, the area most affected by the typhoon (known locally as Yolanda) last 8 November. The ...

Jan. 8, 2014

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

Iden Biotechnology develops new lines of corn tolerant to low temperature stress

In response to the growing global demand for agricultural products, the seed market uses modern and conventional technologies to develop new varieties with higher yield, resistant to stress and sustainable crop cultivation management. The challenge of the agri-food sector is to improve agricultural productivity through a combination of genetic and conventional improvement, to create crop ...

Jun. 25, 2018

By Iden Biotechnology

Farmers need urgent help to plant in the Central African Republic

Farmers in the Central African Republic are in urgent need of seeds and essential tools for the March planting season if they are to help avert a full-scale food and nutrition crisis in the country, FAO said today. Some 1.6 million people, or over a third of the population, already require life-saving food assistance in the conflict-stricken nation, where one in five people have fled their homes ...

Feb. 12, 2014

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

EU and FAO partner to help flood-affected Serbian farms rebuild

The European Union (EU) will partner with FAO to help small-scale farmers in Serbia recover from the devastating floods of the past spring. An EU grant of EUR 8 million, aimed at restoring the livelihoods of the most vulnerable farming families, was announced at a ceremony here today. Agriculture is the backbone of the rural economy in Serbia and an important source of income for the majority of ...

Jul. 25, 2014

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

Peru wavers on ten-year halt to GM imports

A ten-year moratorium on the entry of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), approved by Peru's Congress last month, has been thrown into question by a decision by the country's Executive to return the bill for further debate. The outgoing president, Alan García, and his ministers, who make up the Executive, say that the moratorium would jeopardise research and shift responsibility for ...

Jul. 13, 2011

By SciDev.Net

Bangladesh: agricultural sector devastated in cyclone-hit areas

The agriculture, livestock and fisheries sectors in southern Bangladesh have suffered enormous losses and large-scale assistance is urgently needed to address the damage caused by Cyclone Sidr, FAO said today. The cyclone has affected over 6.7 million people in 30 southern districts, and latest government reports put the death toll at around 3 000 people. According to data from the Disaster ...

Nov. 23, 2007

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

Millions at risk of food insecurity in Central African Republic

Farmers in the Central African Republic need urgent assistance to prevent the food security situation in the conflict-stricken country from worsening for millions of people, FAO warned today. According to the FAO-supported Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, about 1.29 million people, or more than 40 percent of the country’s rural population, are in need of urgent assistance ...

Dec. 16, 2013

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

Q&A: A plant lab in the palm of your hand

PhotosynQ, a project based at the University of Michigan in the United States, aims to help plant scientists around the world gather data through a cheap hand-held device called MultispeQ for scanning plant material. By connecting the device to a smartphone, researchers can use it to collect information about how efficiently a plant photosynthesises, for example, as well as data on the soil it ...

Mar. 5, 2015

By SciDev.Net

Zaad and Chromatin Agree to Produce and Distribute Sorghum Seed in Africa

Chromatin, Inc. and Zaad Holdings LTD, announced today that they have entered into a long-term alliance to produce and distribute planting seed for grain and forage sorghum throughout the African continent. Zaad, a vertically integrated agriculture company, distributes seed to Africa’s growers through a network of subsidiaries and established brands. Chromatin, an agriculture technology ...

Mar. 30, 2016

By Chromatin, Inc.

Senators Stabenow, Peters Call for Coordinated Federal Response after Michigan Residents Receive Seeds from China

Today, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called for a coordinated federal response to households in Michigan and across the country that received unsolicited packages of seeds in the mail. Foreign ...

Aug. 11, 2020

By U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry

Camacho cigars signs partnership with bayer cropscience

Camacho Cigars, a key player in the international cigar market, and Bayer CropScience, the world"s leader in crop science and crop protection, have signed a working partnership under the Bayer Food Chain Management program. With this new alliance, Camacho Cigars has become the only tobacco company in history to be in compliance with strict international standards for Good Manufacturing Practices ...

Jul. 19, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Camacho cigars signs partnership with bayer cropscience

Camacho Cigars, a key player in the international cigar market, and Bayer CropScience, the world"s leader in crop science and crop protection, have signed a working partnership under the Bayer Food Chain Management program. With this new alliance, Camacho Cigars has become the only tobacco company in history to be in compliance with strict international standards for Good Manufacturing Practices ...

Jul. 20, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Winter Cereals Sustainability in Action Gives Winter Wheat a Boost With a $475,000 Investment in Science

Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and Bayer CropScience announced today an additional $475,000 investment in Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's (AAFC) winter wheat research program based at the AAFC Lethbridge Research Centre. The funds will be used to purchase equipment required to increase the program's capacity for molecular marker screening. The new equipment should significantly speed up the ...

Jul. 26, 2012

By Bayer Crop Science AG

Africa and India cultivate agricultural research ties

Africa and India are gearing up to further enhance cooperation in agricultural science, technology and innovation, and move beyond dialogue to a range of practical options from a virtual biotech platform to agribusiness centres, seed investments and even joint donor-aided projects. Willy Tonui, chief executive officer of Kenya’s National Biosafety Authority, said that studying how India ...

Jan. 28, 2014

By SciDev.Net

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