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Six new sites recognized as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems

21/05/2025 - Rome - A traditional agroforestry system growing the erva-mate plant in Brazil, three sites in China specializing in pearl mussels, white tea and pears, an ancestral system...

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...

Fruitful innovation: China pear producers’ high-tech adoption increase yields, fruit quality

20/05/2025 - Cangzhou, a prefecture in the Hebei province, is one of China’s major pear producers.It has embarked on a mission to convert its saline-alkaline land into a productive agricultural...

Cover crops may not be solution for both crop yield, carbon sequestration

- ITHACA, N.Y. - People have assumed climate change solutions that sequester carbon from the air into soils will also benefit crop yields.But a new study from Cornell University finds that...

Bejo presenta en Infoagro sus novedades en judía, pepino, col y lechuga

16/05/2025 - Bejo estará presente una vez más en la feria Infoagro Exhibition, que se celebrará los próximos 21, 22 y 23 de mayo en Almería. Esta cita, considerada uno de los encuentros más relevantes del...

Brasil prevé una cosecha récord de granos de 328,4 millones de toneladas en 2025

- El país suramericano, que produce sobre todo arroz, maíz y soja, aumentará este año su área de cosecha un 2,5 %, hasta los 81 millones de hectáreas, según los datos...

Global biodiversity agreement mobilises $200 billion boost for nature

28/02/2025 - Delegates met in Rome this week for the resumption of the UN Biodiversity Conference to hammer out an agreement at COP16.2 after attempts to reach a deal on financing at COP16 in Cali, Colombia,...

¿Cuáles son los importes definitivos de las ayudas asociadas a la agricultura 2024?

12/05/2025 - El Fondo Español de Garantía Agraria O.A. (FEGA) ha establecido los importes unitarios definitivos de las ayudas asociadas a la agricultura en la campaña 2024. Este cálculo se realiza tomando...

Asaja Córdoba también pide a Planas quehaya carne en los menús escolares

12/05/2025 - Asaja Córdoba solicita al ministro de Agricultura, Pesca yAlimentación, Luis Planas, que actúe como en Alemania y abogue porla inclusión de la carne en los menús escolares, tras conocerse queel...

Proyecto Smart Protein: taller sobre sus principales resultados

- Los equipos de asesoramiento agrícola y experimentación de cultivos de INTIA participaron en un taller realizado en Olite el 28 de marzo para la transferencia de los principales...

Rebaja fiscal para el campo: el Gobierno reduce los índices del IRPF por sequía y otras adversidades

- La orden entró en vigor el 1 de mayo y contempla reducciones en módulos del IRPF para ovino, caprino, cunicultura, avicultura de carne y cultivos para alimentación animal. Desde el 1 de mayo...

Celebrating the power of pulses

06/02/2025 - World Pulses Day, 10 February, is an opportunity to celebrate the critical role these nutritious seeds play in addressing...

New Scientific Breakthrough Could Unlock Development of Sustainable, Resilient and Nutritious Pea Crops

02/05/2025 - © Sea Wave - stock.adobe.comAn international research collaboration has used genomics, bioinformatics, and genetics to map the diversity of an important pea collection, uncovering...

El Gobierno amplía la norma de calidad de aceites vegetales al de aguacate y al de nuez

- Fuentes del Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (MAPA) ha explicado en un comunicado que el Gobierno ha actualizado la reglamentación técnico-sanitaria sobre grasas comestibles, en...

Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment for the active substance etoxazole in light of confirmatory data on the endocrine disruption assessment

30/04/2025 - The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessment carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State Greece...

China Reports Rise in Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) Cases, Prompting Enhanced Diagnostic Solutions

14/01/2025 - China has reported an increase in human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections, a common seasonal virus similar to influenza or RSV. It mainly affects children, the elderly and immunocompromised...

Balletic Launches Precision-Engineered Protein Blend That Can Be Turned Into Meat Alternatives

29/04/2025 - © BalleticUS-based food tech company Balletic has announced the launch of Balletic Nova, a line of high-performance protein...

Phytolon and Ginkgo Bioworks Reach Key Milestone in Natural Food Colors as FDA Moves to Ban Synthetic Dyes

A legacy unlocked: Mendel-inspired breakthrough that could transform global pea farming

- The iconic pea plant experiments of Gregor Mendel laid the foundations for the science of genetics. Now 160 years on, an international research collaboration has used genomics,...

Century-old genetics mystery of Mendel’s peas finally solved

23/04/2025 - Nature, Published online: 23 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01269-8Researchers pinpoint the genes responsible...

Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes

23/04/2025 - Nature, Published online: 23 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08891-6Characterization of the genetic...

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