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13-01-2016
Africa takes fresh look at GMO crops as drought blights continent
HARARE (Reuters) - A scorching drought in Southern Africa that led to widespread crop failure could nudge African nations to finally embrace genetically modified (GM) crops to improve harvests and reduce grain imports.
13-01-2016
NZ to hold first National Watermelon Month
To celebrate one of New Zealand's most popular summer fruit, the first National Watermelon Month will take place this year during February.
13-01-2016
USDA grants $3m for robotics research
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced three grants to the value of $3 million to advance the use of robots that work alongside or cooperatively with people, in order to benefit and assist stakeholders in America’s production agriculture field.
13-01-2016
EU measure to increase fruit, veg consumption in schools
The EU’s Agriculture Committee is backing new measures to strengthen and boost funding for a scheme that will provide fruit and vegetables in schools and to educate children in healthy eating. The separate schemes for milk and fruit in schools are being merged and the budget increased.
12-01-2016
FAR field report released
The Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) has released its latest maize field report.
12-01-2016
FYI: Chile to export 60M+ flower bulbs in 2016
250 hectares of tulip and lilium bulb plantations are being inspected by the Agricultural and Livestock Service of Chile (SAG) in the region of Los Ríos to certify their health status and enable the export of more than 60 million bulbs of those flowers to different international markets.
11-01-2016
FYI: Dutch DNA mapping could speed up varieties development
The University of Amsterdam (uvA) and Naktuinbouw are working hard to deploy a new DNA-technology to better and faster identify the relationships between plant materials.
11-01-2016
El Niño brings a mixed bag to farmers
Recent rain has been a welcome respite from ongoing dry weather conditions in much of the country, but farmers in drought-affected parts of New Zealand will continue to feel the impacts of El Niño for months, as NIWA's latest seasonal outlook indicates.
11-01-2016
Drought damage to cereal production worsens – researchers
BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Droughts and extreme heat have cut national cereal production by 9-10 percent on average around the world in the last half-century, and the impact has worsened since the mid-1980s, researchers said.
11-01-2016
Regional, stylistic diversity at International Sauvignon Blanc Celebration
Over 300 guests are expected to descend on Marlborough in early February to take part in the first-ever International Sauvignon Blanc Celebration.
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