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Two decades ago, we were waking up and celebrating that our computers didn’t melt down on New Year’s Day. We could still tote a bottle of iced tea

Plants have nowhere to run from their enemies - flying, crawling and jumping insects want to eat them alive. But plants are not defenceless. They deploy chemical toxins to deter insects. These can make the plant taste bitter, inhibit the...

Producers Organisations (POs) and Association of producers Organisations (APOs) key role in helping strengthen farmers’ position in the food supply

The Rural Coalition and Coalition of European Agriregions deem the recently proposed cut to rural development funding to be unacceptable and

2 have been registered in Spain, 2 in France and 2 in Italy. The Neurice project brings new tools to the rice sector to fight climate change and

Future farming in regions that were previously unsuitable for agriculture could significantly impact biodiversity, water resources, and greenhouse

Faced by a market situation deemed to be critical, the European honey producers and Copa-Cogeca members are launching an appeal from

Pesquisas realizadas pela Embrapa Clima Temperado (Pelotas, RS) indicam que o cultivo de arroz com irrigação por aspersão representa economia de

Olive oil is considered as a food category at high risk of non-compliances and frauds, due to its high economic value compared to other food

Desertification is a land degradation process that occurs in drylands. It affects the land's capacity to supply ecosystem services, such as producing

Around the world, each person eats an average of 70 pounds of the grain each year, with even more grown for animal feed and biofuel. And as the

The European Union is the first producer, exporter and consumer of olive oil in the world. However, due to its high economic value

The EU once again recorded an increase in the monthly export value of agri-food products in November 2019. The value of exports rose by

Recommended for you Fixing the food system By 2050, the world's population will be an estimated 9.7bn people, up from today’s 7.7bn. To feed this growing population whilst also protecting the climate and biodiversity, our food system needs to change dramatically. In...

With UK’s departure from the EU today, the farming sectors cannot but lament the loss of their participation in the future of the EU and its

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it finished a regulatory review that found glyphosate, the most

Tal y como ha publicado Cazavisión, los avances de la peste porcina africana (PPA) han sido confirmados por las autoridades alemanas tras la

Climate change is a man-made problem, but humans aren’t the only animals that will be impacted by warming temperatures and shifting

Today the European Union and Mexico strengthened their cooperation in geographical indications (GIs) protection by updating their

The total organic area in the European Union (EU) was 13.4 million hectares in 2018, corresponding to 7.5% of the total utilised agricultural area.

New pan-European research has found that proactive land management with agroforestry—mixing livestock and trees—reduces

“As informações de análise química e física do solo não são suficientes para analisar a qualidade do solo. Para integrar esse processo

A chuva dos últimos dias no sertão nordestino transformou o cenário do Campo Experimental da Caatinga, na Embrapa Semiárido

CRISPR genome editing has been used to make chickens resistant to a common virus. The approach could boost egg and meat

Solutions to tackle pest and diseases in the farming sector have been at the top of the policy agenda in the recent years. Biocontrol technologies

The 'Farm to Fork' strategy is one of the initiatives announced in President Ursula von der Leyen's political guidelines for the new Commission

Dairy has been central to people’s existence since at least 6,500 years BC. But a mystery lies at its heart which, if solved, could help explain the rising number of modern dietary problems ranging from food intolerances to allergies, researchers...

Scientists have transferred a collection of genes into plant-colonizing bacteria that let them draw nitrogen from the air and turn it into

New research from UC Riverside identifies a protein that controls plant growth — good news for an era in which crops can get crushed by

INFOGRAPHIE - Des records absolus de température, dépassant par endroits 49 °C, ont été battus en 2019. Vue satellite des incendies en Australie fournie par le système européen d’observation de la Terre du programme Copernicus. ESA Déjà 10,3 millions d’hectares de...

Scientists from China National Rice Research Institute reported that FLN2, a gene that encodes fructokinase-like protein2, influences sugar metabolism

Plants occupy a unique nexus when it comes to climate change. On the one hand, they can help prevent climate change by capturing carbon. On the

Because methane has more than 80 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide over 20 years, the emissions from trees – and any changes in these due to global warming – may have significant implications for Earth’s climate. ‘We...

A transgenia abre novas possibilidades para incorporar características desejadas no trigo, sejam atributos agronômicos ou nutricionais. Ainda

The Member States of the European Union (EU) harvested 6.5 million tonnes of oranges in 2018. This was the highest production level since 2010

In 2018, 156.8 million tonnes of whole milk was processed in the European Union (EU). EU dairies produced 10.3 million tonnes of cheese, as well as 2.4

A University of Minnesota research team recently developed new methods that will make it significantly faster to produce gene-edited plants. They

Taking advantage of powerful advances in CRISPR gene editing, scientists at the University of California San Diego have set their sights on one of

By monitoring crops through machine learning and satellite data, scientists have found farms that till the soil less can increase yields of corn and

Study shows after 11,000 years of wheat breeding, we've still got a long way to go