Recently, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) jointly held the 2023 World Food Security at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The release of the report...
News summary: in the northern city of Groningen, in the Netherlands, an efficient peas harvesting regime meant to relay the crop to the pot of the buyer in less than ten hours of harvesting was recently underway, relates Jan Buseman, who runs an agricultural company. The preserved peas were harvested last week at Jan Buseman’s company in Scheemda, Groningen, under...
In addition to its use in the textile, paper, plastics, paint, fuel and building materials sectors, hemp is also suitable for the production of quality edible oil. In this perspective, the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences-production, territory, agroenergy (DiSAA) of the University of Milan and the Centro di ricerca Zootecnia e Acquacoltura del Crea di...
The Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) held an International Smallholders Workshop and Field Visit with the theme “Improvement of Sustainable Certification Achievement, Enhancement of Good Agricultural Practices, and Lesson Learned on Technology Adoption” on 24-25 July 2023 in Melaka, Malaysia. This year, the Workshop presented and discussed several important topics. These included increasing the...
Argentina’s wheat lots in the core area have a good present. The Rosario Stock Exchange (BCR) reported that there are no regular negative factors and that the projections are positive. “The condition of wheat in the core region improved significantly: 12% of the area is excellent, 80% is very good and 8% is good,” the BCR reported. The producers are excited to see the fields and...
News brief: An upcoming Webinar will focus on, among others, the European Union-backed eco-schemes that farmers in Poland will have to adhere to, even as the deadline looms for the closure of direct payment applications from the government. What decisions were made by Polish farmers, which eco-schemes were the most popular and which caused the most difficulties? Were the GAEC (good Agricultural...
News summary: with the onset of exports of halal livestock meat products to the Middle East and South-east Asian Islamic nations, Thailand is poised to raise the quality of its meat obtained from the southern region. Thai halal livestock products have begun to be accepted for export to several Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia, United Arab...
60% of known infectious human diseases are of animal origin, and they represent major public health challenges. Challenges Human and animal health are interdependent and are linked to the health of the ecosystems in which they coexist. These risks are accentuated with globalization and climate change. Human health, animal health, plant health and environmental health are one and the same. This is the “one world/one health” concept...
There are two initiatives from the Nusa Penida islands, Bali, which are currently being tried and have received attention since the Covid-19 pandemic hit, which had put the tourism sector in suspended animation. One of the good impacts expected from the management of marine protected areas is the economy and the environment. Residents get economic...
News summary: a forum promoting agricultural technology and reviewing gains in oilseed/cereal propagation in Russian agriculture will take place in the Tomsk region of Siberia this August. The interregional agro-forum “Field Day” will be held from August 8 to 9. More than three hundred guests and experts from the Tomsk region and other regions of Russia...