Author: Hithaishi CB

Aims to expand cultivated areas, deploying scientific technologies, and collaborating at all levels, and to provide farmers with better quality certified seed and strengthening the supply chain of oilseeds. The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the Indian Oilseeds & Produce Export Promotion Council (IOPEPC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on March 8, 2023, to enhance the production of quality oilseeds in India. The MoU was signed by ICRISAT’s Director General, Dr Jacqueline Hughes, and IOPEPC’s Chairman, Mr Nilesh Vira, with the aim of strengthening long-term cooperation to increase the quantum and quality of oilseeds…

Ongoing collaboration to improve the nutritional profile of soybean meal and deliver value to farmers and feed and animal protein producers showing promising results Corteva Inc. (NYSE: CTVA), and Bunge (NYSE: BG) announced today significant advancements in the development of more nutritious soybean meal for the animal feed industry, specifically suited for poultry, swine and aqua feed. The companies have a multi-year collaboration to develop and commercialize soybean varieties that can create a potential new value stream opportunity for soybean farmers while giving feed compounders a new option to reduce their use of synthetic additives, lower costs, and shrink their…

CEAT Specialty (a division of CEAT Tires) has entered into an agreement with CNH Industrial to supply agricultural radial tires for its machines being produced in Brazil and Argentina . CEAT has announced that CEAT Farmax radial tires are being fitted to Case IH and New Holland tractors. The deal was reached after several rounds of evaluation and audits by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of CEAT’s radial tire factory in Mumbai and after several tests carried out on tires in various parameters. “We’ve always been confident in the quality of our radial agricultural tires since we introduced them to the world in 2017.…

The acting Gorontalo Governor of Gorontalo Province, Indonesia, Hamka Hendra Noer shared in a recent press meet that Executive Committees (EXCO) Malaysia intended to do corn import from Gorontalo Province due to increasing chicken consumers in Malaysia. According to recent statistics, nearing to 30 % of Malaysia population consume chicken and interestingly major portion of these consumers feed corn to their chickens due to corn’s high nutritional values. The acting Gorontalo Governor Hamka further shared that Malaysia imported corn from Brazil and Argentina so far and need more than 40 days for the shipping. Hence Malaysia is implementing its strategic…

Polymeric silk microneedles are used to deliver agrochemicals to a wide variety of plants to implement in plant science research and precision agriculture Singapore researches have developed the first-ever polymeric Silk microneedles by designing a system deliver agrochemicals to a wide variety of plants as an efficient drug delivery system which can be implemented in plant science research and precision agriculture. Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, and their collaborators from Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have developed microneedle-based drug delivery…

RLF AgTech enters South-East Asia market inking AU$8 .8M sales and purchase agreement with TBFI Technology-driven plant nutrition company RLF AgTech (HQ: Australia) has extended its distribution reach in the South-East Asia region, entering the Philippines market with the signing of an Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Taipan Brand Farms, Inc (TBFI), a fully owned subsidiary of Jardine Distribution Inc. (JDI). Furthering RLF AgTech’s wider strategy to play a role in bolstering food production and increasing distribution and sales globally. The exclusive distribution agreement with TBFI allows TBFI to distribute RLF AgTech’s crop nutrition products throughout the Philippines aligned with their…

Novel New Technique Uses CRISPR to Increase Multi-Disease Resistance Using Native Genes Corteva Agriscience has invented a breakthrough gene editing technology that will bring added protection to elite corn hybrids is advancing through the company’s R&D pipeline. The early-stage concept uses proprietary technology to package multiple disease-resistant native traits into a single location in the gene to better address the most devastating North American corn diseases facing farmers. In 2021, Northern leaf blight, Southern rust, gray leaf spot and anthracnose stalk rot combined to cost North America corn growers more than 318 million bushels in production. By using gene editing…

Minister Sun Dongwei proposes boosting China’s peanut industry as an essential part of rural revitalization and increasing agricultural income China is looking out to stabilize grain output and advance rural revitalization by promoting the production of oilseed crops and fostering rural industries with local features to create more channels for increasing rural income. During China’s two sessions (annual meetings held by National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) separately), Sun Dongwei, the member of the 14th NPC and the secretary of the CCP and chairman of Shandong Luhua Group, made a proposal that China should strive to develop the peanut…

PrecisionView™ Mobile tool captures and maps aerial images by drones and satellites together with mobile data helping farms deliver better crop yield and quality Esri, the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, has partnered with advanced data analytical company Pollen Systems to develop a analytical tool PrecisionView™ Mobile to assist farmer to capture a 360-degree digital twin of their farm. The novel tool by Pollen Systems can arrange drone or satellite aerial data capture anywhere in the world to fuel their PrecisionView™ Platform. Built entirely on, and powered by, Esri’s ArcGIS system, the PrecisionView™ Platform maps out spatially…

Orbia’s Precision Agriculture Business Netafim to boost sustainable agriculture in key African Agribusiness Hub Netafim, an Orbia business and a global leader in precision agriculture solutions, unveiled its first manufacturing plant in North Africa to enhance the successful implementation of precision irrigation in Morocco and strengthen the country’s agricultural sector. Investment in this plant illustrates the company’s long-standing commitment to helping countries in the region achieve food security and combat climate change. “Netafim’s factory is built right in the heart of an agricultural region to enable farmers in Morocco and across North Africa to derive enormous benefit from precision irrigation.…