Growing reliance on foreign crops threatens diversity
New research has revealed that countries increasingly rely on introduced plants for food and need to cooperate to protect crop diversity
Agriculture
Ethiopia commences construction of agro-industrial park
Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn has laid the cornerstone for Baeker Integrated Agro-Industrial Park yesterday in Humera, town of western Tigray State
Drought leads to sharp rise in food prices in East Africa
Drought throughout East Africa has sharply curbed harvests and pushed the prices of cereals and other staple foods to unusually high levels, posing a heavy burden to households and special risks for pastoralists in the region, the FAO reveals
Bayer, Yara join to hands to deliver technology to farmers
Bayer and Yara International ASA (Yara) have entered into a software collaboration and technology license agreement to provide farmers worldwide with digital farming tools that help increase farm productivity, profitability and sustainability
International Year of Pulses closes with call to build upon strong momentum
The International Year of Pulses, which was celebrated in 2016, has helped raise awareness globally of the benefits of eating and growing pulses, with calls to now build upon the strong momentum
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