Cereals

Cereals

Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance halosulfuron‐methyl
03/07/2025 - The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State Italy...
Blight banisher: Phytalix seeks regulatory nod in Asia after successful rice trials against BLB
27/05/2025 - The study was conducted across 17 trial sites in the rice growing regions of India by AgReveal, a contract research organisation.Phytalix demonstrated an 83% reduction in BLB severity,...
Cultivating Resilience: How Biotech Shapes Climate-Smart Agriculture in Asia and Australasia
14/05/2025 - “We’re in a race against time.” This is the alarming call of Silvia Restrepo, President of the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) and one of the authors of the Trends in Plant...
Grains of truth: Why public awareness of rice farming is critical for climate change fight
19/05/2025 - Around half of the world consumes rice daily. For them, rice paddy fields are an enduring imagery of nourishment and tranquility.However, the truth is that the flooded paddies that give the...
India aprueba las primeras variedades de arroz editado genéticamente: mayor rendimiento y adaptación climática
14/05/2025 - Las nuevas dos variedades de arroz editado genéticamente: Pusa Rice DST1 y DRR Dhan 10 | Crédito de la imagen: ANIIndia ha aprobado sus primeras variedades de arroz editadas genéticamente,...
Scientists unlock wild rice genes for “climate ready” varieties amid global crop yield pressures
07/05/2025 - Researchers in Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands have investigated rice genetics to understand how years of artificial selection for valuable traits like nutritional profile have unintentionally...
Earthquake in Myanmar: As the planting season nears, FAO scales up emergency response for farmers
11/04/2025 - Rome - Following the devastating earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is scaling up its emergency response...
FiBL at the Agricultural Outlook Forum
10/03/2025 - On 27–28 February 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) hosted its 101st annual Agricultural Outlook Forum in Arlington, Virginia. Held under the theme "Meeting the Challenges of Tomorrow...
Genetic secrets of rice pave way for future farming and conservation
28/04/2025 - A new study, seen in Nature Genetics and led by researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) in the...
Guest article: Rice, the staple crop most VCs forgot
21/04/2025 - According to the plaintiffs, tests indicate that Perfect Day's beta lactoglobulin whey protein contains a significant amount of residual fungal protein from the genetically engineered host...
ISAAA in 2024: Building Innovation-empowered and Informed Communities
26/03/2025 - Biotechnology made significant strides in 2024, showcasing its potential to address food security and environmental concerns. Innovations include the development of nutrient-rich crops like purple...
From Better Breeding to Cow-Burp Vaccines, Emerging Solutions Could Curb Agricultural Emissions
06/03/2025 - Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas — 84 times stronger than carbon dioxide over 20 years. Because it traps heat more intensely in the short-term than other GHGs, cutting methane emissions now can...
Agriculture’s 'Missing Middle' Is Key to Making Food Systems Climate Resilient
18/10/2024 - In 2024, severe floods in Kenya damaged more than 26,000 hectares of farmland and killed 11,000 livestock,
Farming with Nature: How One Rice Company Is Using Regenerative Practices to Heal the Soil and Protect Biodiversity
14/01/2025 - Lundberg Family Farms is scaling production of their regenerative organic products to improve soil health, sequester carbon, and protect wildlife. Brita Lundberg, a fourth-generation...
Breeders and soil scientists join training fellowship on sustainable rice production systems in the midst of climate change
07/08/2014 - IRRI Training Center, in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), conducted a Regional group fellowship on phenotyping and integrated plant mutation breeding with best fit...
Managing mycotoxins: European traders ramp up crop monitoring to bolster food and feed safety
03/07/2024 - 03 Jul 2024 --- More than 94% of the members of the European association of trade in cereals, oilseeds, rice, pulses, olive oil, oils and fats, animal feed and agro supply (COCERAL) sample their...