Author: Shraddha Warde
China’s high-efficiency water-saving irrigation area will reach more than 26.67 million hectares by the end of this year. China’s agriculture sector is becoming more water efficient as the country’s high-efficiency water-saving irrigation area expands, official data showed. China’s high-efficiency water-saving irrigation area will reach more than 26.67 million hectares by the end of this year, up from 23.33 million hectares at the end of 2020, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. China will continue to develop efficient irrigation measures, such as sprinkler, drip, and pipeline irrigation, to enhance water saving, said Wu Hongwei, an official with the ministry…
IFFCO CG Corp launched Nano urea in Nepal to boost crop cultivation and increase productivity. Former Union Minister of India Suresh Prabhu launched the product at an event in Kathmandu. IFFCO’s Marketing Director Yogendra Kumar, Nirvan Choudhary, MD, CG Corp, Nepal were also present. IFFCO MD Dr U.S. Awasthi announced it on their official tweeter handle. To make Nano urea available to the farmers in Nepal, IFFCO has tied up with the leading company C G Corp- a leading enterprise comprising over 160 companies and 123 brands in the global market with a strength of over 1500 employees. C…
The facility will improve the function of the National Sheep and Goat Breeding Center by increasing the capacity of barn infrastructure from 400 to 650 sheep. Taiwan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise (MAFSE), in collaboration with the Taiwan ICDF Breeding Sheep and Goat Production and Guidance System Enhancement Project (Sheep Project Phase II), inaugurated at the National Sheep and Goat Breeding Center in Central Farm. The facility will improve the function of the National Sheep and Goat Breeding Center by increasing the capacity of barn infrastructure from 400 to 650 sheep. In addition, the related components of the…
The first project for this program is located at the LaFagiana Farm in Venice, Italy. Netafim an Orbia business and a global leader in precision agriculture solutions announced the first-ever carbon credit program for drip-irrigated rice. The aim of this inaugural program is to dramatically reduce methane emissions from rice cultivation to almost zero while providing additional long-term income to growers. Rice is the most prolific source of sustenance worldwide, approximately accounting for 21per cent of global per capita caloric intake, and 27 per cent per capita caloric intake in developing countries. A staple for more than half of the world’s population,…
The memorandum of Understanding is in effect for three years from the date of signing until 31 March 2025. Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) joins hands with Chia Tai Company Limited to advance Thailand’s agricultural sector towards sustainability under the BCG Model by supporting knowledge in production planning to meet professional cultivation demands through the introduction of leading-edge agricultural technology, innovation, and machinery to drive production towards high-value agriculture. The effort is being made to boost agricultural productivity, develop product quality to meet global standards, connect marketing activities from upstream to midstream and downstream, as well as providing…
The new facility will make enhanced contributions to biosecurity and ecological development in the region. Yunnan Agricultural University (YAU) and CABI have agreed to establish the Yunnan-CABI Joint Laboratory for Integrated Prevention and Control of Transboundary Pests to help ensure greater food security in Southwest China. The new facility, which will also make enhanced contributions to biosecurity and ecological development in the region, has been created under the framework of the China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA)-CABI Joint Laboratory for Bio-safety hosted by the Institute of Plant Protection (IPP), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS). It will strengthen…
The annual output of peaches in Pinggu has reached 170 million kg with total revenue of more than 1.2 billion RMB. China’s Pinggu district in Beijing has become the hub of Peaches. The annual output of peaches in Pinggu has reached 170 million kg with total revenue of more than 1.2 billion RMB. The peach economy has also driven sales of other agricultural products in the district and promoted leisure agriculture featuring bed and breakfasts (B&Bs), camping and rural cuisine. Peach farmers in Pinggu are selling peaches online since 2017. A professional team was set up to teach farmers to…
Until the Company files its 2022 Form 10-K, the Company’s common stock will remain listed on the NYSE under the symbol “CGA,” China Green Agriculture, Inc. announced that, as a result of its failure to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 (the “2022 Form 10-K”) in a timely fashion, it has received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) that the Company was not in compliance with the NYSE’s continued listing requirements under the timely filing criteria established in Section 802.01E of the NYSE Listed Company Manual. As…
The MOU demonstrates the SFA’s and Pure Harvest’s shared commitment to R&D collaboration and knowledge exchange in the cultivation of tomatoes and other fruited veg. The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and Pure Harvest Smart Farms, United Arab Emirates (Pure Harvest) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop Singapore’s first high-tech hybrid greenhouse tomato farm in Singapore, and to enhance collaboration in protected agriculture such as Research and Development (R&D) exploration, knowledge exchange and capacity building. According to the statement, the project will leverage on technical, operational, and sustainable farming expertise of Pure Harvest to offer R&D opportunities for local…
The ministry is calling on chicken farmers and others to take measures to prevent a further flu outbreak. The Okayama prefectural government in Japan said that a highly pathogenic bird flu outbreak has been confirmed at a chicken farm in the city of Kurashiki in the western Japan prefecture. It is the first such case found this season at farms in Japan. The Okayama government requested the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces personnel to cull around 170,000 chickens at the Kurashiki farm. According to the agriculture ministry, no avian influenza outbreak had occurred at any farms in Japan as early as…