Author: Shraddha Warde
The Australian government’s several initiatives are currently underway to improve conditions for exporters. After two exceptional years of harvest, the department is working hard to support the Australian grain export industry to meet increased export potential. The value of Australian crop exports is forecast to increase to $46.7 billion in the 2022–23 financial year. This is an 18 per cent increase on the 2021-22 total of $39.6 billion. Australia’s total production volume of grains, oilseeds and pulses for 21/22 was 45,362 kilo tonne and the forecast for 22/23 is 48,893 kilo tonne. Nicola Hinder PSM, Deputy Secretary of the Agricultural…
This is in line with the university’s vision of becoming a research-intensive university that contributes to achieving sustainability in all fields and provides creative and innovative solutions that would be reflected positively on the UAE’s development and prosperity. The United Arab Emirates University has established a research collaboration with the National University of Singapore in the field of agriculture, veterinary medicine, information technology, engineering, business, economics and other subjects. According to the press release, UAE University has established many research partnerships with various international educational institutions to boost its research productivity and quality. This is in line with the university’s…
HTS is a novel molecular sequencing tool that can detect and identify all plant viruses and viroids from a single sample with unprecedented efficiency. Australia’s Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) is rolling out sophisticated new technology to detect and identify exotic plant viruses and viroids at its Post Entry Quarantine Facility (PEQ) at Mickleham, Victoria. Dr Gabrielle Vivian-Smith Australia’s Chief Plant Protection Officer said that the department was using High Throughput Sequencing (HTS) to improve the efficiency of PEQ testing in imported plants. “HTS is a novel molecular sequencing tool that can detect and identify all plant viruses…
This move is necessary in order to give breeders modern tools to carry out operations independently, while controlling the number of cattle and their location, and to enable the reduction of the spread of diseases. Israel’s Agriculture Ministry will be conducting a cattle census in early January 2023. The census will be carried out over the month and will be used to document and register the heads of cattle living in the State of Israel. The census will be done using a form that will be sent to each breeder, containing the current documentation that exists in the system, and…
The award’s total value is AED6.7 million, and it will be presented across three main categories, namely Outstanding Farmer and Breeder, Agricultural Innovation, and Commercial Farms. The Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Award for Agricultural Excellence has been launched by the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) to recognise outstanding farmers and livestock breeders in the UAE. The annual award promotes agricultural innovation and encourages farm owners to adopt best practices and modern farming systems, thus achieving sustainable agriculture development. The award’s total value is AED6.7 million, and it will be presented across three main categories, namely Outstanding Farmer…
Real-time monitoring of the cows in the barn will be created out of the need to monitor and document the feeding times and location of each individual cow. A new facial recognition and the biometric system will be introduced in various dairy farms in Israel. It will be used to identify complications of the animal. These data, new studies and a lot of information about the industry will be presented at the annual cattle and sheep science conference which is taking place soon. The conference is organised by the Department of Cattle and the Department of Sheep in the Training and…
The outbreak occurred in a coop of about 20,000 turkeys in the village of Beit Halevi located in the Hefer Valley. The pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been detected at a turkey farm in central Israel, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. According to the official statement, the outbreak occurred in a coop of about 20,000 turkeys in the village of Beit Halevi located in the Hefer Valley. In response, the ministry quarantined all coops located within the 10 km boundary of the outbreak site and began active monitoring of all chicken farms in the area. The ministry called…
EBRD and FAO officially launched the new $5.5 million package of technical assistance to improve food security in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia -as well as the West Bank and Gaza. With the launch of a new technical assistance package for several Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) marked 25 years of joint efforts towards more sustainable agrifood systems. To celebrate the occasion, Odile Renaud-Basso, ERBD President, met with QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General at the FAO headquarters in Rome, where they…
Vietnam’s agriculture has maintained a 2.83 per cent annual growth rate on average, accounting for as much as 12 per cent of the entire world’s rice export. Vietnam has decided to double the amount of foreign investment in agriculture to $34 billion by the end of 2030. From 2010-20, Vietnam’s agriculture has maintained a 2.83 per cent annual growth rate on average, accounting for as much as 12 per cent of the entire world’s rice export. According to the local media, Tạ Thu Trang from the Institute for Policy and Strategy under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)…
As a major source of revenue for herding households, the yak industry accounts for 42 per cent of the average disposable income of local farmers and herders. China’s Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture has developed yak husbandry as one of its leading industries. The yak population there now exceeds 1.2 million, accounting for some 7.5 per cent of the national total, according to Wang Wei, director of the animal husbandry technical services centre in Gannan. According to the Xinhua news agency, as a major source of revenue for herding households, the yak industry accounts for 42 per cent of the average…