CNH Industrial N.V. has launched YOUNIVERSE, the first digital agricultural machinery fair, to provide cutting-edge technological updates for farmers, contractors and dealers
Agriculture
FAO to provide livelihood to 49mn people in 2021
The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) is seeking US$1.1bn in 2021 to save the lives and livelihoods of some of the worlds most food-insecure people
‘Strengthening food systems must be at the centre of Africa’s COVID-19 recovery’
Strengthening food systems must be an integral part of efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and to build resilience in Africa, said African Development Bank (AfDB) director general for Southern Africa, Leila Mokaddem
Wheat crops grown with excessive nitrogen fertiliser may increase the risk of celiac disease
According to a study published in the journal Foods, conducted under the leadership of Josep Peñuelas, CREAF and CSIC researcher, and Jordi Sardans, another CREAF researcher, with contributions from specialists in the Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic), the University of Antwerp (Belgium), the Pierre Simon Laplace Institute (France), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing (China); excessive use of nitrogen in the wheat fields may increase the risk of celiac disease, an autoimmune human condition
Global fertiliser market to grow at a CAGR of 1.69% by 2027
The global fertiliser market is going to worth more than US$93.9bn by 2027, according to the Global Fertilizer Market by Segments, Region, Company Analysis & Forecast’ report by ResearchAndMarkets