Author: Shraddha Warde
Dr Sheikh Sultan inspected the wheat plant, cultivated on an area of 400 hectares, as a first stage for the farm along with all operations related to the follow-up of the cultivation. Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah visited the wheat farm in the Mleiha area. Dr Sheikh Sultan inspected the wheat plant, cultivated last November on an area of 400 hectares, as a first stage for the farm along with all operations related to the follow-up of the cultivation of the wheat crop, including irrigation, cleaning, and other procedures. The Ruler…
The Ministry of Agriculture imposed a closure on all poultry coops within 10 km. Israels’ Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development located two new flashpoints of H5N1 bird flu disease. at Kibbutz Magal, in the Mehashe Regional Council, approximately 25,000 fattening turkeys were located in three buildings and at Moshav Beer Tuvia, another flashpoint was identified with another 25,000 heavy breeding chickens in three buildings. The Ministry of Agriculture imposed a closure on all poultry coops within 10 km. עIn order to prevent the spread of the disease, the Ministry of Agriculture operates in accordance with the regular work procedures…
China and Brazil reached an agreement on corn imports in 2022 The first batch of Brazilian corn with 68,000 tonnes arrived in China’s Guangdong Province. According to the Xinhua News Agency, the Brazilian corn imported by China’s biggest food trader COFCO arrived at a port in the city of Dongguan, Guangdong, after a voyage of more than a month from Santos Port, Brazil. China and Brazil reached an agreement on corn imports in 2022. Brazil is the world’s third-largest corn producer and the second-largest corn exporter. According to the Chinese importer, Brazil in the southern hemisphere and China in the…
The Avian Influenza Protection (AIPP) with Rizal Province yielded negative test results. The Rizal province in the Philippines regained its Avian Influenza-Free Status following the Department of Agriculture (DA) Memorandum by Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban. The declaration is based on the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) norms. This is after a minimum period of 28 days after a stamping-out policy has been completed, disinfection of the last affected establishment was carried out, and consequent surveillance demonstrated the absence of infection. The DA Regional Field Office, DA Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), and the local government unit (LGU) jointly conducted…
Manila and Beijing also had a deal on the handover certificate of the Philippine-Sino Centre for Agricultural Technology-Technological Cooperation Phase III The Philippines and China signed 14 bilateral memoranda of understanding (MoU) during President Ferdinand Marco’s Jr visit to China. These MoUs are in agriculture, infrastructure, development cooperation, maritime security, and tourism, among others. China has resulted in investment pledges of $22.8 billion from Chinese companies. Both countries signed a joint action plan for 2023-2025 on agricultural and fisheries cooperation between and alternative green technology for animal feeds and other agricultural, as well as an MOU on cooperation on the…
The ban includes imports of domestic and wild birds, poultry meat and eggs. Philippine’s Department of Agriculture (DA) has imposed restrictions on the import of chicken and other poultry products from Poland, Ireland, Denmark, Czech Republic, Chinese Taipei, Ecuador, Moldova, and Peru due to the outbreak of avian influenza (AI). The ban includes imports of domestic and wild birds, poultry meat and eggs. The DA has immediately suspended the processing, evaluation of the application, and issuance of sanitary and phytosanitary import clearance for the affected commodities. DA also directed the authorities to confiscate all shipments from the mentioned countries. Ban…
The initiative is being funded by a grant from the Singapore Israel Industrial R&D Foundation. Steakholder Foods an international deep-tech food company at the forefront of the cultivated meat industry has received its first grant to develop 3D-printed structured eel and grouper products with Singaporean cultivated fish and seafood company Umami Meats. The initiative is being funded by a grant from the Singapore Israel Industrial R&D Foundation (SIIRD), a cooperation between – Enterprise Singapore (ESG) and the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA). Steakholder Foods’ partnership with Umami Meats offers a unique opportunity for market entry in the only country in the world…
The primary purpose of this space experiment is to break the old chain and achieve new recombination by mutagenesis caused by cosmic rays, and microgravity. The Shenzhou XV spacecraft, China’s 10th manned spaceflight, entered its designated orbit on Nov 29. Among the passengers aboard the Shenzhou XV were 400 fresh corn grains bred by the Liaocheng, which will be used to carry out science experiments in space. “The 400 fresh corn grains are of the same breed and weigh about 60 grams, and have a rich genetic background and gene types after breeding in the south and the northern areas of the country,”…
Bags of pumpkin and nightshade seeds were concealed in a pair of sneakers mailed from Burundi. An attempt to sneak high-risk seeds into Australia in the heels of running shoes has been foiled by biosecurity officers conducting routine parcel checks at a facility that handles international mail and imported air cargo in Brisbane. Dr Chris Locke, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Biosecurity and Compliance said bags of pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.) and nightshade seeds (Solanaceae) were concealed in a pair of sneakers mailed from Burundi in east-central Africa. “Both seed types did not meet import conditions…
$15 billion earmarked for landmark decarbonisation projects by 2030 including carbon capture, electrification, and new CO2 absorption technology. ADNOC, a reliable and responsible provider of lower-carbon intensity energy, announced a bold new strategy to progress the world-scale decarbonisation of its operations. ADNOC has allocated $15 billion (AED55 billion) to advance an array of projects across its diversified value chain by 2030. These projects will include investments in clean power, carbon capture and storage (CCS), further electrification of its operations, energy efficiency and new measures to build on ADNOC’s long-standing policy of zero routine gas flaring. ADNOC will apply a rigorous…